IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29425 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-311 Year-2025 Thana- SONBERSA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Raj Kishore Ram @ Ran Kishore son of Mahendra Ram Resident of village- Virta, Musharniya, Ps- Sonbarsa, Dist- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mrs. Madhubala Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal For the Informant : Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 15-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No.311 of 2025, dated 30.11.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 238(a), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. 3. As per the FIR, co-accused Ajay Ram enticed the informant’s son, Vikash Paswan and took him to the residence of the petitioner. There, the accused persons and two to three unidentified accomplices, brutally murdered the victim using a dabiya (sickle) and an axe, subsequently binding the body to a pole before discarding it in a field. The prosecution’s case is further fortified by circumstantial and material evidence, as the informant and local villagers, upon inspecting the residence of the petitioner, discovered and witnessed the blood-stained murder weapons, the dabiya and axe alongside the pole used in the commission of the offence. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29425 of 2026(3) dt.15-07-2026 2/2 the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the informant is not an eyewitness to the occurrence. Referring to the post-mortem report, it is contended that the cause of death has been opined to be haemorrhagic shock and cardio-respiratory failure, and the injuries are stated to have been caused by a hard and blunt substance. It is also submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. 5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that on similar allegations, the prayer for anticipatory bail of co-accused Vinod Ram has already been rejected by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.07.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 29479 of 2026.. 6. Considering the nature of allegation, materials available on record and other circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. 7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands dismissed. shikha/- (Ajit Kumar, J) U T