Ranjit Sahni @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76070 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-153 Year-2020 Thana- PAROO District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ranjit Sahni @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Nawal Sahni Village- Bhagwatpur PS -Paroo District -Muzaffarpur Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Yugal Kishore, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026 Heard Mrs. Rupa Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Paroo P.S. Case No. 153 of 2020 for the offence under sections 304B, 201 and 34 of the IPC lodged on 15.03.2020 by the informant, Moti Sahni.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that the lady was married to this petitioner in the year 2019 but was always tortured for dowry. On 15.03.2020, he had a telephonic conversation but thereafter, the mobile was off and when they went to the place, came to know that she has been killed and even they failed to locate the body. This led to the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76070 of 2025(3) dt.24-02-2026 2/2 has no role to play in the matter and the lady disappeared.
5. Learned APP, Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh opposes the prayer submitting that the FIR is of the year 2020, the daughter of the informant disappeared, she could not been located and the petitioner chose to sat over the matter which clearly shows his complicity.
6. Considering the submission of the parties as also that the FIR is of the year 2020, the petitioner has taken route to legal remedy after five years, his wife is traceless and it is not the case of the petitioner that he lodged any FIR to locate her, in that background, no relief can be granted to the petitioner.
7. The anticipatory bail application stands rejected. (Rajiv Roy, J) Adnan/- U T