Priya Ranjan Singh @ Priyaranjan Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74558 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2024 Thana- Marnga District- Purnia ====================================================== Priya Ranjan Singh @ Priyaranjan Singh Son of Dhirendra Kumar Singh Resident of Sipahi Tola, P.S - Madhubani, Dist. - Purnea. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shivendra Kumar Sinha, Advocate :
Mr. Ankit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 20-02-2026 Mr. Shivendra Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP representing the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Maranga P.S. Case No. 44 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468, 419, 471 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, lodged on 03.04.2024 by the informant Nikku Sinha.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that he purchased the piece of land on 05.02.2024 but when went to the said land, came to know that it has been purchased by Sonu Kumar. Allegation is that under conspiracy of the accused person impersonating a woman got a sale deed executed for which he became a looser. This led to the F.I.R..
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74558 of 2025(3) dt.20-02-2026 2/2
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has been an attesting witness to the sale deed and he is neither the purchaser nor the seller.
5. Learned APP on the other hand has taken this Court to paragraph no.3 of the petition to show that exactly same nature of allegation is there which led to K. Hat (Madhubani P.S. Case No.31 of 2022) against this petitioner and as such, he cannot show his innocence in the present case.
6. Considering the submissions of the parties and taking into account the criminal antecedent of the petitioner of the same nature, it would be appropriate that the petitioner surrender and seek bail.
7. The anticipatory bail application stands rejected. (Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T