Ranjeet Sahani @ Ranjeet Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66254 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-153 Year-2022 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ranjeet Sahani @ Ranjeet Sahni S/o- Parsan Sahni R/o village- Lalbeghia, (Akauna), Ps- Chiraiya Dist- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Choubey Jawahar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 04-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 153/2022 registered for the offence under Sections 302 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. The accused/petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and is in custody since 01.07.2025.

4. As per FIR, named and unknown co-accused persons commit murder of brother of the informant by causing firearm injury due to political issues arising out of Mukhiya/Panchayati election.

5. Learned counsel appearing for petitioner submitted that the name of this petitioner transpired during the course of investigation on the basis of confessional statement of Baleshwar

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66254 of 2025(3) dt.04-12-2025 2/3 Sahani, in furtherance of which no incriminating material recovered/surfaced during investigation as to connect him with present crime in question. It is submitted that the allegation as to open fire is available against Devlal Sahani and other co-accused persons, who have granted bail by one of the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 40683 of 2025 dated 11.07.2025. It is pointed out that the informant claimed to be an eye-witness of the occurrence and, therefore, despite of having all occasion, the petitioner who is unnamed was not put on TIP as to connect him with present occurrence. While concluding argument, it is submitted that investigation of this case is already completed, for which charge-sheet has been submitted, as such, there is no chance of tampering with the evidence and, moreover, petitioner is a man of clean antecedent.

6. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.

7. Considering the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as save and except suspicion, arising out of confessional statement nothing appears incriminating against petitioner as to connect him prima facie with present occurrence of murder, coupled with the fact that investigation of this case is already completed, where petitioner being man of clean antecedent, remains in custody since 01.07.2025, accordingly,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66254 of 2025(3) dt.04-12-2025 3/3 petitioner above named, is directed to be released on bail in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 153/2022 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari/concerned Court, subject to the conditions as mentioned under Section 437(3) of the Cr.P.C./Section 480(3) of BNSS. (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) veena/- U T