Rajnish Kumar @ Rajnis KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                             CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 42066 of 2026
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2026 Thana- CHACKMEHSI District- Samastipur
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                 Rajnish Kumar @ Rajnis Kumar S/O Sudhir Paswan R/O Village- Malinagar,
                 P.S- Chakmehsi (Chakmahesi), Distt.- Samastipur.
                                                                         ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                  Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                  ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Khushi Awadh, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, Advocate
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
                                       ORAL ORDER
2   01-07-2026                   Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection

                   with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No. - 14 of 2026 lodged on

                   21.01.2026, for the offences punishable under sections 126(2),

                   115(2), 308(5), 303(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya

                   Sanhita, 2023.

                                3. As per the prosecution, the present FIR has been

                   lodged against four named accused persons including the

                   petitioner and two unknown accused persons. It is alleged in the

                   FIR that while the informant was going somewhere, the accused

                   persons after surrounding him, demanded Rupees One Lakh as

                   ransom and upon refusal of the same, they all assaulted him and

                   abused. The accused persons also alleged to have snatched a

                   mobile phone and cash amount of Rs. 800/- form the informant.

                                4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner

                   that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. In
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                   fact, the present FIR has been lodged on the basis of concocted

                   story. Though the petitioner is named in the FIR, but the

                   accusation is not specific against him rather it is omnibus and

                   general. The petitioner is accused in one more criminal case, but

                   in that case, he has been granted bail.

                                5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the

                   prayer for bail, and submits allegation of demand of ransom is

                   there in the FIR.

                                6. In this background, this Court is not inclined to

                   grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for bail of

                   the petitioner in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No -14 of

                   2026, pending before the learned Court of Judicial Magistrate,

                   First Class, Samastipur, is hereby rejected.

                                7. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the

                   Trial Court within six weeks from today, the Trial Court shall

                   pass an order on his surrender-cum-bail application on the same

                   day, without being prejudiced by the fact that the petitioner’s

                   anticipatory bail has been rejected by this Court.


                                                                         (Dr. Anshuman, J)
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