Ramlal Goshwami v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47545 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-187 Year-2021 Thana- BRAHMPUR District- Buxar ====================================================== RAMLAL GOSHWAMI S/O LATE GAURI SHANKAR GOSHWAMI R/O VILLAGE- BARKA DHAKAICH, P.S.- KRISHNABRAHM, DISTRICTBUXAR ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Ravi Shankar Pathak, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-08-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that this petitioner took Rs. 53,00,000/- from the informant under the pretext of selling land but he neither executed the land in favour of informant nor returned the money.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. At no point of time petitioner entered into any agreement with the informant or received a single
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47545 of 2025(2) dt.04-08-2025 2/3 farthing from the informant. The allegation of giving money is absolutely false and concocted. There is no chit of paper on record to substantiate the allegations levelled in the F.I.R.. Police after investigation submitted final form against the petitioner showing the case of lack of evidence, however, differing with the same the learned trial court took cognizance. The dispute is with regard to sale and purchase of land which is purely civil in nature. It is further submitted that the alleged occurrence took place in the year 2019, however, the present F.I.R. has been lodged in the year 2021 and there is no plausible explanation for the gross delay. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation, delay in lodging of the F.I.R. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47545 of 2025(2) dt.04-08-2025 3/3 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Court No. 6, Buxar in connection with Brahmpur P.S. Case No. 187 of 2021, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T