Ranjeet Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76152 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-479 Year-2024 Thana- MAJHAULIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Ranjeet Sahni S/o- Jang Bahadur Shahani R/o Village- Madhopur W.No-5, P.S.- Majhauliya Dist- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 05-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 140(1), 61(2), 3(5) of the BNS and charge-sheet filed under Sections 103, 238, 61(2) and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. After few submissions, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that in this case altogether out of five, four witnesses have been examined. Only one witness is remaining for examination.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is the brother-in-law of the deceased and it has come in the evidence of the informant that he was separate in residence with the deceased.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76152 of 2025(2) dt.05-12-2025 2/2 has submitted that from perusal of the FIR and even from the evidence of this PW-4 who is informant of this case it is clear that this petitioner has given his confessional statement and on his disclosure the body of the deceased was recovered from the bushes.

6. In view of these facts and circumstances, though the petitioner is brother-in-law of the deceased, main thrust of allegation is against him.

7. Considering the above facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner on two grounds.

(i) The dead body of the deceased has been recovered from the disclosure of the petitioner.

(ii) The trial is at advance stage.

8. As such, the bail petition of the petitioner is rejected, however, trial court is directed to expedite the trial in a manner so that the same may be concluded within a period of three months.

(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) durgesh/- U T