Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45510 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-176 Year-2019 Thana- LALGANJ District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Sah S/O- Sant Lal Sah Village- Neera Pokhar Ghantaro Ps- Kartaha Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bhaskar Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyameshwar Dayal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 28-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 341, 504, 506, 34, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. As per prosecution case, it is case of commission of murder of the second wife of the informant/petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. He has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted in para 9, 10 and 11 of the petition that the charge sheet has been submitted against all F.I.R. named accused persons in this case and in the entire investigation even suspicion was not raised

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45510 of 2023(2) dt.28-07-2023 2/2 against this petitioner but after about 9 months from the occurrence only on the basis of confessional statement of accused Barun Paswan in Lalganj P.S. Case No. 44/2020 the petitioner was made accused in the present case, which has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. There is no specific overt-act against this petitioner. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. The petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 06.04.2023.

Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for Bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Lalganj P.S. Case No.176 of 2019 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 A.C.J.M.-II, Vaishali at Hajipur. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) lata/- U T