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2025 DAILYLAW 47121 (PAT)

Ravindra Kumar @ Ravindra Baitha v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./35102/2025 · 2025-08-20

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35102 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-198 Year-2024 Thana- PIPRA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ravindra Kumar @ Ravindra Baitha Son of sheopujan Baitha Resident of village -chakbara ps- pipra, Dist- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. U.C. Verma, Sr. Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 3 20-08-2025 Heard Mr. U.C. Verma, Learned Senior Counsel with Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner and Learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No.198 of 2024, for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 117(2), 118(1), 126(2), 109, 303(2) (3), 329(4) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. 3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against 22 named and 20-25 unknown accused persons including the present petitioner with allegation that a piece of land was allotted in the name of informant’s son on which they were constructing house. In the meantime, the accused persons reached there and damaged the house and started doing Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35102 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 2/3 cremation due to which scuffling took place and injury has been caused to them. 4. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel also submits that from the contents of FIR, it becomes crystal clear that the said land used for cremation, has been obtained by the informant and villagers used to oppose for the same due to which scuffling took place. He further submits that there is nothing specific against the petitioner. 5. Senior counsel submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is clean and 10 accused persons have been granted bail by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide annexure-A/2 to A/4 series. The two accused persons have been granted bail vide order dated 22.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No.32633 of 2025. 6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 7. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of this case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35102 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 3/3 as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Sadar, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No.198 of 2024 , subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. Prakashmani/- (Dr. Anshuman, J.) U T