Ravindra Murmu v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34066 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-335 Year-2025 Thana- BAHADURGANJ District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Ravindra Murmu S/o Kamal Murmu Resident of Vill. - Jainagar, Dubadangi, Ward NO. 03, P.S. - Bahadurganj, Dist. - Kishanganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bhola Prasad, Advocate :
Mr. Ashish Bhaskar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard Mr.Bhola Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 11.08.2025 in connection with S.T. Case No.356/2025 arising out of Bahadurganj P.S. Case No. 335 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 29.07.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(1),190,126(2),127(1),103(1) of BNS, 2023.
3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he alongwith other co-accused persons assaulted the husband of the informant due to which he sustained injuries and during course of treatment he died.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has clean antecedent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. Earlier the petitioner and others had approached this Court for grant of regular bail in Cr. Misc. No.29104 of 2026 but the same was withdrawn vide order dated 01.05.2026 with a liberty to file fresh application. From bare perusal of the FIR it appears that informant is not the eye witness of the alleged occurrence and she has filed the present false FIR on the basis of information furnished by other persons and apart from that it also appears from the FIR that there is no specific allegation of assault or overt act against him rather there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioner.
He further submits that similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Musai Soren, Ram Soren, Bablu Murmu, Sukhlal Soren and Ganesh Mandal have been granted the privilege of bail by this Court vide order dated 09.03.2026 and 18.06.2026 in Cr. Misc. No. 14949 of 2026 and Cr. Misc. No. 34957 of 2026. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted the charge sheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 11.08.2025.
5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the
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6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, petitioner has clean antecedent and there is no specific allegation of assault or overt act against him and similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted the privilege of bail by this Court, let the petitioner, above named, be released 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 Addl. Sessions Judge-1, Kishanganj in connection with S.T. Case No.356/2025 arising out of Bahadurganj P.S. Case No. 335 of 2025, with the following conditions:- i. Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the court and shall remain physically present as directed by the court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
iii. And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his
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(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Suruchi/- U T