Ranjit Kumar Gupta @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 39179 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2019 Thana- DUMARIYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar Gupta @ Ranjit Kumar, S/o Jitendra Saw, Resident of Village - Rampur, P.S. - Makhdumpur Chhatiana, District - Jehanabad. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Shila Rani, W/o Binod Prajapati, R/o Village - Mandar, P.S.-Dumariya, Dist. - Gayaji.

... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Md Jubair Ansari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 18-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Dumaria P.S. Case No.01 of 2019 registered under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per FIR, the petitioner was alleged to withdrew Rs. 70,000/- from informant's A/c No.2385000100024700 (PNB, Branch-Dumariya, Dist.- Gaya) and transferred it in his own A/c No.2389000100083958 (PNB, Branch-Umta, Dist.- Jehanabad) through ATM.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 39179 of 2026(2) dt.18-06-2026 2/3

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that petitioner is working as a vegetable vendor at Delhi and he himself is the victim of the circumstances, as he could not understand that how the amount of Rs. 70,000/- was credited to his account. It is submitted that his only fault is this that he could not informed this transaction to the bank to take appropriate steps to return the said amount to the same account or to take other appropriate lawful action. Learned counsel appearing for petitioner made statement at Bar that he is under instruction that petitioner is ready to pay entire amount of Rs.70,000/- to the informant at the time of furnishing of bail bond through RTGS to the bank account of the informant or by demand draft.

5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.

6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as petitioner offered to return Rs.70,000/- to the informant, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 39179 of 2026(2) dt.18-06-2026 3/3 directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Clas, Sherghati (Gaya Ji) in connection with Dumaria P.S. Case No.01 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short 'CrPC')/under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNSS') and with further condition:- (i) That bail bond of the petitioner shall be accepted only after showing the proof that Rs.70,000/- is duly transferred to the account of the informant either by RTGS or in alternate through bank draft duly received by informant.

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T