Ranjan Rai @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44823 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-345 Year-2022 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ranjan Rai @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Kumar S/O Sundeshwar Ray R/O Village- Sarmaspur, P.S. - Rajapakar, District.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 29-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 345 of 2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 341, 384 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, petitioner had demanded Rs. 2 lakhs by way of extortion money from the son of the informant and also taken possession of pond and used to recover the money from his Haat.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The Haat and pond are situated in the Government land which is settled in the name of Ram Kumar Sahni by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44823 of 2023(2) dt.29-08-2023 2/2 Fisheries Department and the petitioner is care taker of the Haat and pond but the informant has tried to forcibly stop him fishing from pond. The informant and his supporters have filed three criminal cases against the petitioner with malafide.

5. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the pond was earlier belong to the informant but the same has now been shown as Government land and the settlement to Ram Kumar Sahni of the said pond is not valid.

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

7. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. - IX, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No. 345 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) shweta/- U T