Patna High Court
Dasai RamversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- ALOK KUMAR SINHA
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
Summary
Dasai Ram, who is not named in FIR No.337 of 2024, feared arrest in a case involving sections 406, 420, 467‑471 and 120B of the IPC. The main accused, Ramesh Kumar, had been granted provisional bail and the dispute was settled through a mediation report filed before the court. The petitioner sought anticipatory bail, arguing innocence and that the settlement removed any likelihood of his involvement. The State opposed the relief. Considering that the main accused was already on bail, a settlement existed, and the petitioner’s name does not appear in the FIR, the court granted anticipatory bail subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshna Sanhita, 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted to a person not named in the FIR but implicated during investigation.
- Whether the existence of a mediation settlement and provisional bail to the main accused precludes the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
Legislation cited
- Indian Penal Code — s. 120B, 406, 420, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- mediation settlement
- provisional bail
- IPC offences
- Section 482
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2001 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-337 Year-2024 Thana- RAMPUR District- Gaya
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Dasai Ram Son of Sri Deep Lal Ram Resident of C/o Samundari Devi,
Chandpur BMela, Anil Bhawan Lane, Phulwari, P.S.- Jakkanpur, Patna-
800001
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajan Ghoshrave, Adv
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP
For the Informant Mr. Dhirendar Kumar Sinha, Adv
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned
counsel for the informant and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offence punishable under sections 406, 420, 467, 468,
469, 470, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. From perusal of the FIR, it appears that the main
accused is one Mr. Ramesh Kumar. The petitioner is not named
in the FIR and his name has subsequently come up during the
course of investigation.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the
present case. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed order
dated 06.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 89461 of 2024 which
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has been filed at the behest of Mr. Ramesh Kumar, which shows
that in pursuance of earlier order dated 18.08.2025 passed in the
said case, the main accused Mr. Ramesh Kumar was given
provisional bail, which was further extended for four months
and the matter was thereafter referred to Mediation Center to
settle the dispute. The said order dated 06.01.2026 passed in Cr.
Misc. No. 89461 of 2024 further reveals that Mediation report
was placed on record before the co-ordinate Bench of this
Court. From perusal of which, it transpired that the parties had
settled their dispute in terms of the conditions contained in the
Mediation report. In order to comply with the said terms and
conditions of the settlement, the co-ordinate Bench of this Court
had extended the provisional bail of the main accused Mr.
Ramesh Kumar and the matter is to be again listed on
09.03.2026.
5. Learned A.P.P for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts that the main accused Mr
Ramesh Kumar is already on provisional bail and that the
informant and the main accused Mr. Ramesh Kumar have
reached at settlement and that the petitioner is not even named in the
FIR, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the
petitioner.
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7. 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 satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate-
Gaya-II in connection with Rampur P.S.Case No. 337 of 2024
subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the
Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshna Sanhita, 2023.
(Alok Kumar Sinha, J)
N.K/-
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