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Patna High Court

Ratan ChaudharyversusThe State of Bihar

Decided
Disposal
BAIL GRANTED

Holding

The Court allowed the petition for regular bail, granting the petitioner bail on condition of a bond and sureties.

Summary

The petitioner, Ratan Chaudhary, was arrested in connection with a violent incident in which eight accused, including him, allegedly assaulted an informant and her father‑in‑law, resulting in the latter's death. The prosecution charged him under sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 352, 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) and 103(1) of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes. The petitioner contended that the incident arose from a trivial quarrel, that the post‑mortem report did not substantiate the charges against him, and that he has a clean antecedent, having been in custody since 2 December 2025. The State opposed bail. The Court, considering the nature of the accusations and the length of custody, allowed the petition for regular bail, directing the petitioner to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10,000 with two sureties.

Issues considered

  • Whether regular bail should be granted to the petitioner despite the serious nature of the offences alleged

Legislation cited

Subjects

  • regular bail
  • criminal procedure
  • assault
  • homicide
  • bail bond
  • sections of B.N.S.

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33251 of 2026
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-111 Year-2025 Thana- RANIYATALAB District- Patna
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                 Ratan Chaudhary S/O Lal Bahadur Chaudhari @ Lal Bahadur R/O Village-
                 Rani Talab, P.S.- Rani Talab, District- Patna

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   15-05-2026                       Heard learned counsel for the parties.

                                2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for

                   the offence punishable under sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 352,

                   351(2), 351(3), 3(5) and 103(1) of B.N.S.

                                3.    As per prosecution case, eight named accused

                   persons including this petitioner assaulted informant and her

                   father-in-law by means of lathi and iron rod as a result of which

                   father-in-law of the informant sustained injury and died.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on

                   the alleged date, sudden quarrel arose between the parties on a

                   trivial issue of tying buffalo in front of the temple which led to

                   the alleged occurrence, in which, both sides inflicted injuries on

                   each other. Case and counter case. He further submits that post-

                   mortem report falsifies the prosecution case, because as per
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                      F.I.R, altogether 8 persons assaulted father-in-law of informant

                      with various weapons, but in the postmortem report, only two

                      injuries have been found on the person of deceased. There is no

                      specific overt-act against this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean

                      antecedent and he is in custody since 02.12.2025 .

                                   5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer

                      for bail.

                                   6. Considering the nature of accusation and period of

                      custody of the petitioner, his prayer for regular bail is allowed.

                      Let the petitioner, mentioned above, 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 learned

                      Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Danapur in Rani Talab Police

                      Station Case No. 111 of 2025 .



                                            (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
Koushik/-

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