Patna High Court
Ravish kumar @ Ravish @ SiriousversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Holding
Anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner subject to the conditions stipulated by the Court.
Summary
The petitioner, Ravish Kumar, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case registered under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to a violent incident on 29‑August‑2025 where hostel students attacked an informant and his friends. The FIR did not name the petitioner; his name emerged only in a co‑accused’s confessional statement without any specific allegation of participation. The petitioner argued innocence and highlighted that another accused, Sabina Haque, had already been granted anticipatory bail in a related proceeding. The State opposed the bail application. The Court, after considering the lack of direct accusation and the petitioner’s absence from the FIR, held that anticipatory bail was appropriate, subject to conditions. Accordingly, the Court ordered that the petitioner be released on anticipatory bail if he surrenders within eight weeks, with a bail‑bond of Rs 10,000 and two sureties, under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted when the petitioner is not named in the FIR but is mentioned in a co‑accused’s statement without a specific role.
- Whether the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, are applicable to the grant of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482(2)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 109, 115(2), 118, 126(2), 127(2), 140(3), 303(2), 308(5), 3(5), 61(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- FIR
- co‑accused statement
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Section 482
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3045 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-599 Year-2025 Thana- KADAMKUAN District- Patna
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Ravish kumar @ Ravish @ Sirious Son of Krishna Kumar R/o Khawa Rajpur,
P.O. - Kiranpur, P.S. - Medanichowki, District - Lakhisarai.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bimlesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 02-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for
the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2),
118, 109, 308(5), 303(2), 140(3), 61(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya
Nyaya Sanhita.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that on 29.8.25,
daughter of the informant went missing and during course of
search, 40-50 students of the hostel assaulted informant and his
friends with knives, rods, bamboo, belts, wires, etc.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner
is not named in the F.I.R. and his name transpired during course
of investigation in confessional statement of co-accused Dhiraj
Kumar without assigning any specific role. It is further
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3045 of 2026(2) dt.02-02-2026
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submitted that F.I.R. named accused Sabina Haque has already
been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated
19.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 91579 of 2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed
the bail application.
6. Considering aforesaid facts and circumstances of
the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that
let the above named petitioner in the event of his
arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight
weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond
of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like
amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class,
Patna in connection with Kadamkuan P. S. Case No. 599 of
2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of
the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
Navya/-
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