Patna High Court
Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet SahversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted bail to the petitioner subject to a bond and conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC and Section 482(2) B.N.S.
Summary
The petitioner, Ranjeet Kumar Sah, was arrested in a case registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, based on an FIR filed by an informant alleging that the petitioner assaulted him on 1 August 2025. The petitioner contended that he has a clean record, is the informant's driver, and was falsely implicated after a dispute over wages, asserting that the injury was minor and the informant concealed his relationship. The petitioner applied for bail, arguing lack of motive and that the informant had a pending case against him (PS Case No. 496 of 2025). The State and the informant opposed bail. The Court, after hearing, granted bail on the condition of a Rs.10,000 bond with two sureties, subject to the conditions of Section 438(2) of the CrPC and Section 482(2) of the B.N.S., and directed surrender within four weeks.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to bail under Section 438 of the CrPC and Section 482 of the B.N.S.
- Whether the allegations in the FIR constitute sufficient ground for continued detention
- Whether the petitioner's claim of false implication and lack of motive merit bail
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482
- Code of Criminal Procedure — s. 438
Subjects
- bail
- false implication
- criminal procedure
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
- Code of Criminal Procedure
- Sections 126, 115, 109, 352
- injury
- informant
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13954 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-495 Year-2025 Thana- DARIYAPUR District- Saran
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Ranjeet Kumar Sah @ Ranjeet Sah S/o- Baban Sah Resident of village-
Mahmadpur PO- Parsa PS- Dariyapur District-Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shyameshwar Kumar Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Nirmal Kumar Sinha
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 04-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned
A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109,
352 of the B.N.S.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that on 01.08.2025 at 2:30 P.M., the petitioner came and
started abusing, on objection assaulted him by lathi causing
injury on head and taken to hospital and after getting treated, the
instant F.I.R. was lodged.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant, it is next submitted that from perusal of the
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allegation as alleged F.I.R., it would manifest that no reason or
motive for the occurrences alleged, it is further submitted that
from the side of the petitioner, Dariyapur P.S. Case No.496 of
2025 has been instituted against the informant and his side
alleging that informant assault him by knife causing injury on
his palm. It is also submitted that petitioner is driver of the
informant and he had gone to seek his wages when petitioner
abused and assaulted him and also instituted the instant false
case. It is further submitted that from perusal of the F.I.R., it
would manifest that informant alleges that after being treated by
the Doctor, the instant F.I.R. was instituted which amply
demonstrate that injury was not serious. It is reiterated and
submitted that the informants for reasons best known
deliberately concealed the fact that petitioner is his driver and
that gone to seek his wage when altercation took place and
thereafter he came to be implicated in the instant false case.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for
the informant oppose the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of
his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be
enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees
Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
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satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at
Chapra, in connection with Dariyapur P.S. Case No. 495 of
2025, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2)
of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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