Ranveer Kumar Ranjan @ Ranveer Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53107 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2018 Thana- UNIVERSITY District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== RANVEER KUMAR RANJAN @ RANVEER RANJAN S/o Dr. Awadheshwar Prasad Arun At present Associate Professor, Laxmi Narayan College, Bhagwanpur, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali. Resident of Mohalla- Amgola Parao Pokhar Lane No. 3, P.S.- Kazi Mohammadpur, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Mukesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Pawan Kumar Chaurasia ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-08-2019 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
This application for anticipatory bail arises out of University P.S. Case No. 44 of 2018, disclosing offences under Sections 406, 409, 467, 468, 420 and 120(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
To inquire into the allegation of irregularities and tampering of marks of the examinees of Babaseheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University at a Tabulation Centre at Laxmi Narayan College, Bhagwanpur, Hajipur, a Committee was constituted and based on the report of the said Committee, the FIR has been registered, at the behest of the Registrar of the University.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53107 of 2019(2) dt.26-08-2019 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the FIR has been registered on the basis of a letter dated 16.12.2018 of the Registrar of the University, which though indicates serious administrative lapse on the part of the entire deputed team of Special Tabulators and the Assistants. He contends that even if the allegations are taken to be true, the same may amount to misconduct, attracting the disciplinary proceeding, but in the absence of any specific allegation of wrongful gains, no criminal offence can be made out. Only likelihood of wrongful gains and criminal conspiracy has been alleged in the said letter dated 16.12.2018, that too, without any sound basis. He has drawn my attention to an order of this Court dated 14.08.2019, passed in Cr. Misc. No.
50679 of 2019, whereby similarly circumstanced co-accused Ranjan Kumar has been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail. Considering the facts and circumstances, this application is allowed. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIII, Muzaffarpur in connection with University P.S.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53107 of 2019(2) dt.26-08-2019 3/3 Case No. 44 of 2018, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the Police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled.
(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) HR/- U T