Ranjit Rawat @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75021 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-794 Year-2024 Thana- JAMUI District- Jamui ====================================================== 1.
Ranjit Rawat @ Ranjit Kumar S/O Parmeshwar Rawat R/O Village- Lagma, P.S- Jamui, Distt.- Jamui.
2.
Ravi Kumar @ Ravi Rawat S/O Sudhir Rawat R/O Village- Lagma, P.SJamui, Distt.- Jamui. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .. ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Anisha Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 23-02-2026 Heard Ms. Anisha Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in connection with Jamui P.S. Case No. 794 of 2024 instituted under Sections 125(a), 351(2), 351(3), 191(2) and 190 of the Bhartiya Nayay Sanhita, 2023 and 27 of the Arms Act lodged on 08.02.2024 by the informant, Sulekha Devi.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that firstly the accused started pelting bricks and later opened fire though no one was hit. This followed the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submit that there is case and counter case, the case of the petitioners being the earlier one, only because they have criminal antecedent, roped in the present FIR. The last submission is that similar situate others have been granted in Cr. Misc. No. 72911 of 2025
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75021 of 2025(3) dt.23-02-2026 2/3 (Dharmendra Rawat and another vs. the State of Bihar) on 21.01.2026 by a coordinate bench.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that they have criminal antecedent.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the parties as also that there is no injury nor anyone has been hit, similar situate accused have been granted bail, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend them the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioners be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the concerned court within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Jamui P.S. Case No. 794 of 2024 to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Jamui subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. as also the other conditions.
(i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioners who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card/Driving License/Voter ID/Pan Card etc.) to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) The petitioners shall be appearing before the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75021 of 2025(3) dt.23-02-2026 3/3 police station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation;
(iii) the petitioners shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iv) the petitioners shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark their attendance and at the end of the period a certificate be submitted before the Trial Court failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds; (v) the petitioners shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(vi) the petitioners shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/- U T