Patna High Court

Ravi Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 28 January 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: ALOK KUMAR SINHA

Holding

The Court grants anticipatory bail to the petitioners subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Summary

Petitioners Ravi Kumar Singh and Mantu Kumar Yadav sought anticipatory bail after being implicated in a FIR alleging they threatened an informant and demanded Rs.10 lakh, stemming from a business rivalry between contractors. The prosecution alleged offences under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, while the petitioners claimed innocence, lack of specific assault allegations, and no criminal antecedent. The State opposed the bail, arguing the seriousness of the charges. The Court noted the possibility of false implication due to the business dispute and, applying Section 482(2) of the B.N.S., granted anticipatory bail subject to a bail bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties. The order directs the petitioners to surrender within four weeks for bail to be formalised.

Issues considered

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted in view of the alleged offences under the B.N.S., 2023.
Whether the business rivalry indicates a false or malicious FIR, affecting the prima facie case.
Applicability of Section 482(2) of the B.N.S., 2023 for granting anticipatory bail.

Legislation cited

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita — s. 109, 115(2), 126(2), 127(2), 303(2), 308(2), 3(5), 351(2), 352, 482(2)

Subjects

anticipatory bail
criminal procedure
business rivalry
false implication
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
Section 482
bail bond
sureties

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1545 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-552 Year-2025 Thana- MIRGANJ District- Gopalganj
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           1.     Ravi Kumar Singh S/O Shri Ramesh Singh R/O Village- Singaha, Tola
                  Tarwa, P.S- Mirganj, Distt.- Gopalganj.
           2.     Mantu Kumar Yadav @ Mantu Chaudhary S/O Banshi Chaudhary R/O
                  Village- Singaha, Tola Tarwa, P.S- Mirganj, Distt.- Gopalganj.
                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                     Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                         ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Satyendra Rai
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   28-01-2026                     Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State .

                                2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered

                   for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2),

                   308(2), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.

                                3. Prosecution story in brief is that when the informant

                   was going to his house in the evening then both the petitioners

                   surrounded the informant and abused him as both parties are the the

                   business competitors (contractors) and both petitioners demanded

                   Rangdari of Rs. 10 lakh to the informant.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

                   petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the

                   present case. He further submits that there is no specific allegation

                   against the petitioners of assault and the petitioners have no

                   criminal antecedent, as statement made in para 3 of the bail
            Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1545 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026
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                      application.

                                   5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for

                      anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                                   6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of

                      the case and the fact that the informant as well as petitioner No.1

                      are contractors and there appears to be a business rivalry between

                      the two which may have resulted in lodging of the F.I.R. against the

                      petitioners and there is also a case and counter case between the

                      parties, which has been disclosed in paragraph No.12 of the

                      application, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to

                      the petitioners.

                                   7. Let the petitioners, as named above, in the event of

                      their arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be enlarged

                      on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten

                      Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the

                      satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, in

                      connection with Mirganj P.S. Case No. 552 of 2025, subject to the

                      conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the                Bharatiya

                      Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.




                                                                    (Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
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