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2025 DAILYLAW 26580 (PAT)

Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Ray v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./16565/2025 · 2025-04-04

Prabhat Kumar Singh

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16565 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-203 Year-2022 Thana- INDUSTRIAL AREA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Ray S/o Shivshankar Ray Res of Vill. - Hilalpur P.S. - Industrial Area, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State . 2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 504, 506, 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. 3 . As per the prosecution case, on 26.12.2022 at 6 P.M all the F.I.R named accused persons including the petitioner surrounded the informant and started abusing him and when the informant protested, this petitioner Ranjit Rai told to shoot, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16565 of 2025(2) dt.04-04-2025 2/3 upon which accused Uday Rai fired from his pistol and due to fear the informant started to flee from his motorcycle. Thereafter, all the accused persons including the petitioner chased the informant and made indiscriminate firing on him which hit on his right thigh. One passers-by Ramesh Kumar @ Ram Babu Rai also sustained gut shot injury. It is further alleged that earlier also on 30.11.2022 the accused persons had also scuffled with informant's nephew and made firing on his house and threatened of dire consequences. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that allegation of firing is general and omnibus against this petitioner and no specific overt act has been alleged against. It is further submitted that co-accused Raja kumar and others having identical allegation have already been granted bail by this Hon’ble Court Cr. Misc. No. 16370 of 2024 vide order dated 19.12.2024 and Cr. Misc. No. 20531 of 2024 vide order dated 31.08.2024 . Charge sheet has already been filed. Petitioner is in custody since 02.08.2024 . 5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for regular bail of the petitioner is allowed. Let the petitioner, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16565 of 2025(2) dt.04-04-2025 3/3 mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of CJM Vaishali at Hajipur in Industrial Area Police Station Case No. 203 of 2022 . Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T