Ravi Kishan Kumar @ Ravi Kishan Kumar PaswanversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14105 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHAUL District- Begusarai
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                 Ravi Kishan Kumar @ Ravi Kishan Kumar Paswan S/o Basant Paswan R/o
                 Village - Majhaul Gadhkhauli Ward No. 2, P.S - Manjhaul, District -
                 Begusarai

                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Krishna Prabhat, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH
                 MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   25-02-2026               Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP

                   for the State.

                             2.     The petitioner seeks bail in connection with S.T.

                   No. 1027 of 2025 arising out of Manjhaul P.S. Case No. 34 of

                   2025 instituted for the offence under Sections 126(2), 115(2),

                   118(1), 109(1), 308(4), 352, 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya

                   Sanhita, 2023.

                             3. Earlier vide order dated 21.08.2025 passed in Cr.

                   Misc. No. 56696 of 2025 regular bail of the petitioner was

                   rejected by this Court considering the specific and direct

                   allegation against the petitioner.

                             3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

                   present one is the second attempt for grant of regular bail to the
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          petitioner. It is mainly submitted that              in this case charges

          against the petitioner have been framed on 15.11.2025 and since

          then the case is running for evidence and till now, no witness

          has been examined. It has been submitted on behalf of the

          petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 20.04.2025.

          Learned counsel further submits that there is no likelihood of

          the trial being concluded in the near future. Learned counsel

          goes on to submit that the continued incarceration of the

          petitioner without conclusion of trial amounts to a gross

          violation of the fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21

          of the Constitution of India, which is reiterated by Hon’ble

          Apex Court in plethora of judgments.

                   4. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed

          the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

                   5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of

          the case, period of custody of the petitioner and taking into

          account the fact that continued detention of the petitioner would

          serve no purpose other than punitive pretrial incarceration,

          which is antithetical to the spirit of Article 21 of the

          Constitution of India, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the

          petitioner.

                   6. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing
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                     bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two

                     sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court

                     below/concerned Court in connection with S.T. No. 1027 of

                     2025 arising out of Manjhaul P.S. Case No. 34 of 2025, subject

                     to the following conditions:

                                   (I) One of the bailors shall be the petitioner’s own or a

                     close family member.

                                   (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date

                     fixed during the trial and shall not remain absent on two

                     consecutive dates without sufficient cause.

                                   (III) The petitioner shall not tamper with the

                     prosecution evidence or influence/intimidate any witness during

                     the course of trial.

                              In case of violation of any of the aforesaid conditions,

                     the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the

                     petitioner.



                                           (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J)
Alok Verma/-

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