Ratanendra Kishor Jha @ Ratendra Kishore Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82080 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-232 Year-2024 Thana- MUFFASIL District- West Champaran ====================================================== Ratanendra Kishor Jha @ Ratendra Kishore Jha Son of Late Narendra Kishor Jha R/O Vill.- Banuchhapar Ward no. 8, P.S.- Muffasil, Banuchhapar Bettiah, Dist.- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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The State Of Bihar 2.

Ranjana Devi aged about 36 yrs, wife of Guddu Kumar pandey , Bhatiya, p.s Ramgadhawa, Dist- East Champaran, Presently Santinagar Munhy Supriya Road Bettiah ward no. 24 dist - west Champaran. ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Birendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, A.P.P.

Mr. Akhileshwar Kr.Srivastava, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 420, 406, 323, 504, 506, 354/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, informant wanted to purchase a land for which she contacted petitioner and other accused persons. Informant gave Rs.11,55,000/- to the accused persons. Later on, petitioner neither executed land in favour of the informant nor did he return money to the informant. It is also alleged that petitioner and his family members abused, assaulted and molested the informant and snatched her gold chain.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82080 of 2024(6) dt.01-05-2025 2/2

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Informant is a litigant lady and earlier also she had filed two complaints, namely, Complaint Case No. 991/2023 and 380/23 which was later on withdrawn on 21.4.2024 which fact is evident from perusal of the FIR and the impugned order itself. Moreover, dispute is of civil nature and prima facie no criminal case is made out against the petitioner.

5. Learned counsel for the State and the informant oppose the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in Muffasil Banuchhapar Police Station Case No. 232 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T