Patna High Court
Raushan Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- ANSHUMAN
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to specified conditions.
Summary
The petitioner, Raushan Kumar Singh, was charged in a 2023 FIR under multiple IPC sections (341, 323, 305, 306, 385, 386, 504, 506, 34) and Section 67 of the IT Act for posting threatening messages and demanding a 10% ransom. He claimed innocence, stating the case was filed by an informant whose wife, a JCB operator, caused loss to his family of MANREGA labourers. The State opposed his bail, while the petitioner’s counsel highlighted his clean criminal record and the alleged motive of retaliation. The Patna High Court, after considering the facts, granted anticipatory bail subject to a Rs.30,000 bond and several conditions, including regular court appearances and verification of antecedents. The order emphasized that bail should not be delayed for antecedent verification.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail under the BNSS, 2023 in view of the alleged offences.
- Whether the allegations under the IPC and IT Act constitute a ground to deny bail.
- Whether the petitioner’s claim of a clean criminal antecedent affects the bail decision.
Legislation cited
- BNSS, 2023 — s. 2, 482
- Indian Penal Code — s. 305, 306, 323, 34, 341, 385, 386, 504, 506
- Information Technology Act — s. 67
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- extortion
- threatening messages
- IPC
- IT Act
- labor dispute
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12525 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2023 Thana- KESARIA District- East Champaran
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Raushan Kumar Singh S/o- Dharamnath Singh @ Dharmkishor Singh
Resident of Village- Fultakiya Ward No- 4 PS-Kesariya District- East
Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prateek Tandon, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
ORAL ORDER
2 12-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection
with Kesariya P.S. Case No. 299 of 2023, dated 18.06.2023,
lodged under Sections 341, 323, 305, 306, 385, 386, 504, 506
& 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 67 of the I.T.
Act.
3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged
against the present petitioner alleging that the petitioner used to
post threatening messages and objectionable words against the
informant and his wife on social media platforms. Upon
opposition, the petitioner started demanding ransom of 10 per
cent for every work.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel
further submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is
clean. Counsel further submits that the petitioner and his mother
are MANREGA labourers, but the informant’s wife started
doing the work by JCB, thereby causing loss to the labourers,
and when the same was objected to by the petitioner and other
labourers, the informant lodged the present case with a view to
teach a lesson.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for
bail of the petitioner.
6. 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
Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing
bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as
mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the
satisfaction of C.J.M., East Champaran, Motihari, in connection
with Kesariya P.S. Case No. 299 of 2023, subject to the
conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023 with
further condition/s:-
(i) one of the bailor should be the family member of
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the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his
bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date
before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive
dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail
bonds by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned
police station every month for one year to mark attendance;
(iv) the Trial Court is hereby directed to verify the
criminal antecedent of the petitioner, and in case it is found at
any stage that the petitioner has concealed his criminal
antecedent, the Trial Court shall take steps for cancellation of
the petitioner’s bail bond. However, the acceptance of the bail
bond in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed
for the purpose of or in the name of verification.
(Dr. Anshuman, J.)
Aman Kumar/-
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