Raja Ram Kewat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64925 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-224 Year-2025 Thana- RAHUI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Raja Ram Kewat Son of Late Ramchandra Kewat Resident of VillageMandilpur PS- Rahui District -Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raj Kishor Prasad, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mohammed Arif, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 17-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 224 of 2025, registered for the offences under Sections 80(2), 238, 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per the prosecution case, the daughter of the informant was married with co-accused Balram Kewat and petitioner is stated to be the uncle of Balram Kewat. The allegation against the petitioner and other co-accused persons is that they killed the daughter of the informant and made the dead body disappear. The informant has further alleged that accused persons have been demanding Rs. 1 lakh and harassing his daughter.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64925 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 2/3 petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner has no concern with the deceased or her husband. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner who is an old man aged about 65 years. The petitioner has been dragged in this case merely on suspicion and there is no witness to support the prosecution allegation against the petitioner. In fact the petitioner has been living separately from the victim for quite a long time. The husband is already in custody and the petitioner is in custody since 16.06.2025 and is having antecedent of two cases and he is on bail in both the cases. A number of similarly placed co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by a learned Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 58184 of 2025.

5. Learned A.P.P. appearing for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioner.

6. Having regard to the fact and circumstances and submission made on behalf of the parties and considering the relationship of the petitioner with the deceased and also considering the doubtful nature of allegation against the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64925 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 3/3 Only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-III, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda/concerned court, in connection with Rahui P.S. Case No. 224 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 480(3) of the BNSS and other following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below, if so required by the learned trial court.

(iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Anuradha/- U T