Prem Raj @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50867 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2025 Thana- MANER District- Patna ====================================================== Prem Raj @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Junarbi Singh Resident of Village - Chakiya Tola, Khasupur, P.S.- Maner, District - Patna (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shambhu Sn Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mohammed Arif, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, registered under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 308(4), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 37 of the Excise (Amendment) Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that co-accused persons went to the house of the informant, assaulted him and his brother in which the informant and his brother sustained injuries on their head. It is further alleged that co-accused person had demanded rangdari of Rs. 4,00,000/- from the informant ten days prior to the occurrence.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50867 of 2025(2) dt.01-08-2025 2/2 present case. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the allegation levelled against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. No overt act has been alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has not demanded any rangdari from the informant. It is further submitted that the injury received by the injured is simple in nature. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 74 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T