Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin v. The Vigilance Department Through Its Director, Bihar, Patna

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75015 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2025 Thana- VIGILANCE District- Patna ====================================================== Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin S/o Late Ramdhari Dangi @ Nemdhari Dangi R/o Village- Pitis, P.S.- Etkhori, District- Chatra (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Vigilance Department through its Director, Bihar, Patna Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sauravh Singh For the Vigilance :

Mr. Arvind Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Vigilance.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he was caught red handed by the vigilance trap team with bribe money of Rs. 1,00,000/-.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner never demanded any bribe and rather the entire trap case is stage managed and it is also a fact that no videography has been done at the time of the trap. It is further submitted that the entire occurrence took place near the bus stand but the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75015 of 2025(5) dt.19-02-2026 2/3 seizure list was not prepared at the place of occurrence. Further, the petitioner, who is Anchal Amin, is in custody since 11.07.2025 and the charge-sheet was submitted on 02.09.2025. It has also been submitted that today is the date fixed in the vigilance court for framing of charge.

5. Learned counsel for the vigilance has opposed the application for bail by submitting that the petitioner had been caught red handed.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner has now remained in custody and the charge-sheet has already been submitted as such, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner behind bars and further taking into consideration the fact that the case is also posted for framing of charge today and the petitioner undertakes to appear and get the charges framed, let the above named petitioner, who has no criminal antecedent be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No. 50 of 2025.

7. However, the learned court concerned before

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75015 of 2025(5) dt.19-02-2026 3/3 accepting bail bonds of the petitioner would ensure that the charges have been framed as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T