Ratan Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33251 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-111 Year-2025 Thana- RANIYATALAB District- Patna ====================================================== Ratan Chaudhary S/O Lal Bahadur Chaudhari @ Lal Bahadur R/O VillageRani Talab, P.S.- Rani Talab, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 352, 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) and 103(1) of B.N.S.
3. As per prosecution case, eight named accused persons including this petitioner assaulted informant and her father-in-law by means of lathi and iron rod as a result of which father-in-law of the informant sustained injury and died.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on the alleged date, sudden quarrel arose between the parties on a trivial issue of tying buffalo in front of the temple which led to the alleged occurrence, in which, both sides inflicted injuries on each other. Case and counter case. He further submits that postmortem report falsifies the prosecution case, because as per
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33251 of 2026(2) dt.15-05-2026 2/2 F.I.R, altogether 8 persons assaulted father-in-law of informant with various weapons, but in the postmortem report, only two injuries have been found on the person of deceased. There is no specific overt-act against this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and he is in custody since 02.12.2025 .
5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and period of custody of the petitioner, his prayer for regular bail is allowed. Let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Danapur in Rani Talab Police Station Case No. 111 of 2025 .
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