Ravish Kumar @ Rabish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42097 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-890 Year-2021 Thana- KAHALGAON District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Ravish Kumar @ Rabish Kumar S/o Pawan Kumar Singh Resident of Village- Shreerampur, Police Station- Parbatta, Distt.- Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Dr. Manoj Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 28-11-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 406, 408, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 34 of Indian Penal Code.

3. The learned APP for the State submits that despite his best endeavours, he could not seek instruction from the Manager, Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited for filing counter affidavit.

4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that named officials of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited, in connivance, misappropriated an amount of nearly Rs. 37 lakhs of the Bank,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42097 of 2025(5) dt.28-11-2025 2/3 as detailed in the FIR.

5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner next submits that co-accused Jay Prakash Ram had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc No. 63632 of 2023 and the same was allowed by an order dated 27-2-2024 passed by a learned Co-ordinate Bench. It is further submitted that though petitioner is not involved in the occurrence, but had deposited an amount of Rs. 16,000/- with the Bank without prejudice when allegation against the petitioner is of misappropriating an amount of rupees twenty thousand and odd. It is next submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42097 of 2025(5) dt.28-11-2025 3/3 is pending/successor court in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 890 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

8. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T