Ranjan Ray @ Ranjan Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76220 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-67 Year-2024 Thana- Pahelja P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Ranjan Ray @ Ranjan Rai Ram Barai Ray @ Barai Ray Resident of Village - Manas Naya Panapur, P.S - Akilpur, District - Saran At Chapra (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Harendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Pahleja P.S. Case No. 67/2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 452, 380, 302 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with other accused are said to have killed the deceased. They are said to have fired three shots at the deceased.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submits that the entire prosecution story stands falsified from the fact that in the postmortem report of the deceased only one gun shot injury has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76220 of 2025(2) dt.01-12-2025 2/2 been found. It is further submitted that neither the informant nor anyone is the eyewitness of the said occurrence. Similarly situated co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 09.10.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 70001 of 2025. Learned counsel further submits that petitioner has clean antecedent and he is in custody since 20.06.2025.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Saran at Chapra, in connection with Pahleja P.S. Case No. 67/2024, with a condition:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T