Patna High Court

Ranjan DubeyversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 2 April 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: SATYAVRAT VERMA

Holding

The Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to bond and surety conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

Summary

The petitioner, Ranjan Dubey, feared arrest in a case registered under Section 87 of the B.N.S., 2023, alleging that he and his father had enticed a minor and stolen jewellery worth Rs.40,000. He contended that the charge sheet against him was filed without proper investigation, especially after the police exonerated his father, and that the victim’s statement was altered under parental pressure. The petitioner applied for anticipatory bail, arguing false implication and lack of reliable evidence. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, after considering the submissions, granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., pending the trial.

Issues considered

Whether anticipatory bail can be granted to the petitioner under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. in the circumstances of alleged false implication and altered victim statements.
Whether the charge sheet filed against the petitioner is maintainable given the alleged lack of proper investigation.

Legislation cited

B.N.S. — s. 87
B.N.S.S. — s. 180, 183, 482(2)

Subjects

anticipatory bail
Section 87
Section 482(2)
false implication
victim testimony
bail conditions
criminal procedure

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18767 of 2026
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-316 Year-2025 Thana- BHORE District- Gopalganj
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                 Ranjan Dubey S/o- Harendra Dubey Resident of Village- Sukal Dumar PS-
                 Bhore, Dist- Gopalganj

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Adesh Raj Singh, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   02-04-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   A.P.P. for the State.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case

                   registered for the offence punishable under Section 87 of the

                   B.N.S., 2023.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner has antecedent of three cases and the informant

                   alleges that petitioner along with Harendra enticed minor

                   daughter of the informant on 03.07.2025 and her daughter while

                   fleeing took jewellery worth Rs.40,000/-

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

                   informant along with his father. It is next submitted that police

                   after investigation submitted final form exonerating his father
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          Harendra Dubey but then charge sheet came to be submitted

          against the petitioner without investigating the case in its correct

          perspective. It is also submitted that from perusal of the

          allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the

          informant alleges that the victim while fleeing took jewellery

          from the house also, which amply demonstrates that the victim

          also accompanied the petitioner. It is also submitted that the

          case has been compromised as would manifest from Annexure-2

          to the anticipatory bail application. It is further submitted that

          the victim did not support the case of the prosecution in her

          statement recorded under Section 180 BNSS but then under

          parental pressure she supported the case of the prosecution in

          her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS.

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

          anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                       6. Considering the submissions made by the learned

          counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the

          event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks

          from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail

          bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties

          of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial

          court where the case is pending/successor court in connection
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                       with Bhore P.S. Case No.316/2025, subject to the conditions as

                       laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.



                                                 (Satyavrat Verma, J)
amit/-

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