Ranjit Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5001 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2020 Thana- MUFFASIL District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RANJIT RAM SON OF LATE RAGHUPATI RAM RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-NAGHARA PAWAI,P.S-AURANGABAD(M), DISTRICTAURANGABAD. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh- Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-08-2021 Heard Mr. Shailesh Kumar Singh, the learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in connection with Aurangabad Muffasil P. S. Case No.84 of 2020, instituted for the offences under Sections 341, 323, 325, 307, 302, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The grandfather of the informant was killed at the hands of the accused persons including the petitioner. The learned Advocate for the petitioner has submitted that though he has been named in the F.I.R. but there is no specific accusation against him. It can safely be said, as has been argued by the learned Advocate for the petitioner, that he was only a member of the mob. Even the post mortem report

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5001 of 2021(2) dt.06-08-2021 2/2 does not conclusively indicate that the death was because of the assault as the cause of death has been opined to be due to cardiac arrest which could have been accelerated because of the assault perpetrated on him.

Considering the nature of accusation against all the accused persons including the petitioner of having assaulted an elderly person, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to him.

The prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is rejected.

However, if the petitioner surrenders before the Court below and seeks bail, the Court below shall consider the case on its own merits, without being prejudiced by the fact that the present anticipatory bail application has not been entertained by this Court.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) vikash/- U T