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Niranjan Ravidash v. The State Of Bihar

2021-07-24Mr. Justice Ashutosh Kumar3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41137 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2020 Thana- ISHIPUR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.

NIRANJAN RAVIDASH Son of Naresh Ravidas Resident of VillageGandhi Nagar, Purani Barahatt, P.S.- Ishipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 2.

MITHUN RAVIDAS Son of Naresh Ravidas Resident of Village- Gandhi Nagar, Purani Barahatt, P.S.- Ishipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 3.

RAJU RAVIDAS Son of Naresh Ravidas Resident of Village- Gandhi Nagar, Purani Barahatt, P.S.- Ishipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 4.

SHIVANI DEVI W/o Mithun Ravidas Resident of Village- Gandhi Nagar, Purani Barahatt, P.S.- Ishipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 5.

MUNNI DEVI W/o Niranjan Ravidas Resident of Village- Gandhi Nagar, Purani Barahatt, P.S.- Ishipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Deepak Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uday Chand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 24-07-2021 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned APP for the State.

The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in connection with Ishipur (Bara hatt) P.S. Case No. 26 of 2020 instituted for the offence under Sections 188, 267, 272, 147, 148, 149, 141, 323, 448, 353, 307, 427, 333, 337 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code.

The accusation in the First Information Report is that when the police party forbade the persons from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41137 of 2020(2) dt.24-07-2021 2/3 assembling at the house of one Pankaj Ravidas in big number and asked them to disperse because of the Corona protocol, the police party was attacked and two of the police men have received injuries.

The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that assuming but not admitting every allegation in the F.I.R. to be true, they have not been attributed with any overt act. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the petitioners have been named in this case only because of their showing support with such persons who were ill treated by the police. Considering this fact, aforesaid Pankaj Ravidas has been granted bail by the court below. Regard being had to the afore-stated facts and taking into account that petitioners are amongst twenty seven named accused persons along with 120 unnamed with no specific overt act attributed against them, they are directed to be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41137 of 2020(2) dt.24-07-2021 3/3 Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate -VIII, Bhagalpur in connection with Ishipur (Bara hatt) P.S. Case No. 26 of 2020, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Ashutosh Kumar, J) sunilkumar/- U