Rajiv Ravidas v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78085 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-381 Year-2025 Thana- HILSA District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.

Rajiv Ravidas S/o Late Sidheshwar Ravidas R/o Village - Balbhadra Sarai, P.S - Hilsa, District - Nalanda 2.

Raju Ravidas S/o Late Sidheshwar Ravidas R/o Village - Balbhadra Sarai, P.S - Hilsa, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 238(A) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is alleged to have murdered the son of the informant and disposed of the dead body of the deceased.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the present case rests only on suspicion as there was some dispute between the petitioners and the deceased with regard to seeking remuneration for catching snake. Neither the informant

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78085 of 2025(3) dt.19-02-2026 2/3 is an eye-witness nor any person during the course of investigation has been claimed to be eye-witness to the occurrence. The witnesses, who have been examined are close relatives of the deceased, who have only raised a suspicion that since the deceased had gone to ask for his remuneration, he was done to death. However, on such a weak and bleak motive, no person would cause death of another.

It has further transpired during the course of investigation that the deceased was of unsound and unstable mind and he used to enter the house of the other persons and own sister-in-law of the deceased has given a statement in paragraph-10 of the case diary that with his unstable mind, he even entered her house in the night and had misbehaved with her for which a case has been filed against him and he even went behind the bars. The postmortem report also indicates that upon external examination only some bleeding from nose and swelling on right cheek was found. The petitioners are in custody since 07.07.2025 with no criminal antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the grant of bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.78085 of 2025(3) dt.19-02-2026 3/3

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and considering the fact that there is no eyewitness to the occurrence nor any motive has been alleged against the petitioners, coupled with the fact that the postmortem report also does not indicate any serious injury and charge-sheet having been submitted, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-Ist, Hilsa, District-Nalanda/concerned Court below in connection with Hilsa P.S. Case No. 381 of 2025.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T