Ranjan Paswan @ Ravi Ranjan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33039 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-39 Year-2019 Thana- GHOSWARI District- Patna ====================================================== 1.
RANJAN PASWAN @ RAVI RANJAN PASWAN S/o Harshit Paswan @ Harkhit Paswan R/o village- Karkayar, P.S.- Ghoswari, District- Patna 2.
JAGJIVAN PASWAN @ JAGDISH PASWAN S/o Harshit Paswan @ Harkhit Paswan R/o village- Karkayar, P.S.- Ghoswari, District- Patna ... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Suraj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Arun Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 08-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office, be removed within four weeks.
The case is registered under Section 498(A), 302, 201 and 34 IPC in connection with G.R. No. 552 of 2019, arising Out of P.S. Case No.39 of 2019.
As per the allegation in the FIR, the accused persons used to torture the victim lady for want of dowry and it is alleged that they jointly killed her. Accordingly, the informant Radhey Paswan, father of the deceased lodged the FIR. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33039 of 2022(2) dt.08-09-2022 2/3 are brothers-in-law (Dewar) of the deceased, have no role to play in the matter. However, they failed to clarify why in the matter of 2019, they chose to come into judicial custody in 2022. He submits that the petitioner is in jail since 18.4.2022 (as stated in para-18 of the bail application).
Considering the fact that they are brothers-in-law, are in custody since 18.4.2022 and have no criminal antecedent, this Court is inclined to grant them the privilege of bail after framing of charges.
Let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-1st, Barh, Patna, in connection with G.R. No. 552 of 2019, arising Out of Ghoswari P.S. Case No.39 of 2019 subject to the following conditions:
(i) one of the bailors should be the family members of the petitioners, who shall provide official document to show their bona fide;
(ii) the petitioners shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reasons will entail cancellation of bail by the Trial Court itself;
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33039 of 2022(2) dt.08-09-2022 3/3 (iii) they shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidence, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds;
With the aforesaid observations, the bail application is allowed.
(Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/Ajay Singh U T