Patna High Court
ANKESH RANJANversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- KHATIM REZA
Holding
The High Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to a bail bond and sureties, invoking its inherent powers under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Summary
Ankesh Ranjan, a director of Nestiva Medicare Private Limited, sought anticipatory bail after the police registered a case (Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 623 of 2025) alleging offences under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including fraud, criminal conspiracy and illegal construction. The prosecution alleged that Ranjan and a co‑director unlawfully seized the informant's property by entering into a lease agreement and later attempting to capture it. Ranjan contended that he was a lawful tenant under a registered lease deed, had invested in constructing a hospital, and that the dispute was purely civil, supported by CCTV footage showing no illegal activity. He also highlighted that the informant had previously filed several criminal complaints against him and others. The court, after considering the submissions, ordered that Ranjan be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs 10,000 with two sureties, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in view of the charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Whether the alleged acts constitute a criminal offence or are merely a civil lease dispute.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 115(2), 119(1), 126(2), 190, 191(2), 292, 303(2), 316(2), 318(4), 351(2), 352, 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- lease dispute
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Section 482
- civil vs criminal
- property seizure
- high court order
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26255 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-623 Year-2025 Thana- GARDANIBAG District- Patna
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Ankesh Ranjan, Son of Ramesh Prasad, R/o Sangam Vihar, New Mithila
Colony, Digha, AIIMS, Behind Pillar No. 251, P.S.- Danapur, District - Patna
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tribhuwan Narayan, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA
ORAL ORDER
2 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with
Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 623 of 2025 dated 09.11.2025,
registered for the offence punishable under Sections 316(2),
318(4), 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 119(1), 292, 352 and
351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that Nestiva
Medicare Private Limited through its Directors Ankesh Ranjan
(petitioner) and Amit Choudhary entered in a registered lease
agreement wherein the informant gave his premises for running of
the hospital. After few years, dispute arose between the parties and
the informant registered a case vide Gardanibagh P.S. Case No.
535 of 2021 against the petitioner and Amit Choudhary for a
dispute relating to rent. It is further alleged that the petitioner and
Amit Choudhary wants to capture the property of the informant
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illegally.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this
case. It is submitted that the petitioner is the tenant of the
informant. On the basis of registered agreement Deed No. 5658 of
2019 the property was given to the petitioner and Amit Choudhary,
the Directors of Nestiva Medicare Private Limited on rent at the
rate of Rs. 80,000/- per month. It is submitted that the petitioner
has invested his money in construction and opened a hospital in
the name of Jay Intel Care Hospital. It is further submitted that
after some time when the hospital of the petitioner flourished, then
on 23.12.2021, the informant lodged Gardanibagh P.S. Case No.
535 of 2021 against the petitioner and Amit Chaudhary and
pressurized them to vacate his house. It is submitted that on
03.12.2022, the petitioner also lodged a case bearing Danapur P.S.
Case No. 1379 of 2022 against the informant and his associates, in
which the police has submitted charge-sheet on 25.03.2023.
Further, it is submitted that the informant is a very litigant person
and prior to this, he had given his house on rent to one Dr. Pratima
Singh from whom informant got vacated his house and she has
also lodged a Complaint Case No. 2076 of 2020 against the
informant. The allegation against the petitioner and Amit
Chaudhary is that they have done illegal construction on the
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property of the informant. It is submitted that the dispute is purely
civil in nature. The said premises is in CCTV surveillance and no
such alleged occurrence took place on the alleged date of
occurrence which can be verified from the CCTV surveillance.
The informant has lodged three criminal cases against the
petitioner and others. Lastly, it has been submitted that he has
eight criminal cases against him.
5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the
petitioner.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the
case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the
event of arrest / surrender of the petitioner within a period of six
weeks from today, in connection with Gardanibagh P.S. Case No.
623 of 2025, he shall be released on anticipatory bail upon
furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned
A.C.J.M.-XIII, Patna, subject to condition as laid down under
Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S..
(Khatim Reza, J)
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