Patna High Court
Ravi Ranjan KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- KHATIM REZA
Holding
The Court allowed the bail application, granting anticipatory bail with bond and sureties subject to statutory conditions.
Summary
Ravi Ranjan Kumar was implicated in a cyber‑crime FIR (Warsaliganj PS Case No.374 of 2025) under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the I.T. Act, based solely on the statement of a co‑accused seized during a police raid. No incriminating material was recovered from Kumar’s possession or residence, and he has no prior criminal record. He applied for anticipatory bail, arguing that the case is false and that a co‑accused, Manish Kumar, had been granted bail in a similar matter. The State opposed the bail. The Court, after considering the facts, ordered that Kumar be released on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail despite the FIR under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the I.T. Act.
- Whether the lack of seized material and the petitioner’s clean record justify bail.
- Whether the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 are satisfied.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482(2)
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 111(4), 318(4), 319(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 3(5), 61(2)
- Information Technology Act — s. 55(B), 66(D)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- cyber crime
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Information Technology Act
- bail conditions
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31850 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-374 Year-2025 Thana- WARISLIGANJ District- Nawada
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Ravi Ranjan Kumar, aged about 39 years, Male, S/o Sukhdev Mahto, R/O
Village- Jalalpur, PS- Warsaliganj, Distt- Nawada
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Niraj Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mohammed Arif, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA
ORAL ORDER
2 07-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with
Warsaliganj PS Case No.374 of 2025 dated 17.07.2025,
instituted under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2),
111(4), 61(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and
Sections 55(B), 66(D) of the I.T. Act.
3. On a tip off that some cyber criminals have
assembled at Devi Asthan Bagicha, in village- Jalalpur, and are
duping people through their phones, the police raided the place
and seized several mobile phones, however, some of the mobile
phones were thrown in the garden and pond. Several accused
persons fled away from the place of occurrence, but one person
was caught by the police, who disclosed his name as Anupam
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Kumar and also disclosed the names and addresses of his
associates.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that only
on the basis of disclosure made by co-accused, Anupam Kumar,
who was apprehended at the spot, the petitioner has been
implicated in this false and concocted case. The FIR has been
lodged against fifteen persons including the petitioner. Nothing
incriminating has been recovered either from the possession of
the petitioner or from his house. Further submission is that
similarly situated co-accused, Manish Kumar, has been granted
anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order
dated 13.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.9609 of 2026. Lastly, it
is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.
5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of
the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in
the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within
six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on 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
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada, in Warsaliganj PS Case
No.374 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section
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482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Khatim Reza, J)
J. Alam/-
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