Ritesh Ranjan @ Anshu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51075 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-256 Year-2024 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Ritesh Ranjan @ Anshu Kumar son of Shiv Pujan Mahto@Shiv Pujan Prasad Village- Barbatta P.S.- Sonepur Dist- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 31-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 256 of 2024, instituted under Sections 147, 148, 353, 379, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with 15-20 persons entered into the Nursery of the Forest Department and tried to take away the wooden log. On protest, they abused the Night Guard.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics. On the alleged date of occurrence petitioner had gone to Hariharnath Temple where the ceremony of Holika Dahan was celebrated and on the eve of Holika

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51075 of 2024(2) dt.31-08-2024 2/2 Dahan some people went to the compound of the said Nursery to bring some dry wood to lit the fire. Nothing had happened but with the ulterior motives and village politics, name of the petitioner has been surfaced in this case. No stolen article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. Petitioner undertakes to co-operate in the investigation.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court where the case is pending in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No. 256 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) rakhi/- U T