IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14887 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-279 Year-2024 Thana- BARHIYA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Ranveer Kumar S/o Shatrughan Paswan R/o Village - Kalyanpur Paswan Tola, P.S - Barahiya, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Umesh Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 03-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 02. In the present case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Barahiya P.S. Case No. 279 of 2024 registered for the alleged offences under Section 191(2), 191(3), 329(3), 329(4), 126(2), 115, 303(2), 74, 109(1), 352, 117(2) of the BNS and Section 27 of the Arms Act. 03. As per prosecution case, petitioner and other coaccused persons armed with gun, pistol and iron rod, in an inebriated condition entered into the house of the informant and hurled filthy abuses. The petitioner and coaccused Dharmendra Paswan caught hold of the informant with wrong intention and tore her blouse and pulled her saree, making the informant semi nude. The coaccused persons assaulted the informant on her head Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14887 of 2026(2) dt.03-04-2026 2/3 and face causing uprooting of teeth and injury to the jaw. The family members of the informant were also assaulted and coaccused even fired upon the brother of the informant but the shot missed him. The assailants took away Rs.50,000/- in cash and a number of ornaments and documents from the house of the informant. 04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Except for allegation of outraging the modesty of the informant there is no other allegation against this petitioner but the allegation levelled against the petitioner is not believable and the same is completely false and concocted. Section 109 of the BNSS is not applicable against the petitioner as there is no allegation of assault against the petitioner. Petitioner has antecedent of one case in which he is on bail. 05. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned APP submits that there is specific allegation against the petitioner along with coaccused that they tore the blouse of the informant and tried to outrage her modesty. 06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submission made on behalf of the parties and considering the general and non-specific nature of allegation against the petitioner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14887 of 2026(2) dt.03-04-2026 3/3 and further considering the absence of allegation of any assault and also considering doubtful nature of allegation, let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court concerned within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court of learned CJM, Lakhisarai in connection with Barahiya P.S. Case No. 279 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and other following conditions: (i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner. (ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below, if so required by the learned trial court. Anuradha/- (Arun Kumar Jha, J) U T