Patna High Court
Ritesh AnandversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioners subject to bond, sureties and the condition that the order will cease if a charge‑sheet is filed.
Summary
The petitioners, Ritesh Anand and Shankar Kumar, were implicated in the death of the informant’s elder son, who allegedly received an electric shock when a wire used to power the informant’s pumpkin field was said to have been tampered with by the petitioners. The informant claimed the petitioners deliberately passed electric current through his iron wire, while the petitioners argued that the incident was accidental, caused by blue‑bulls breaking a bamboo pole which snapped the electric wire. They asserted they have clean antecedents and that the allegation was a false attempt to implicate them because their land adjoins the informant’s. Both sides presented conflicting witness statements, and the State opposed the grant of anticipatory bail on the ground that the petitioners might abscond. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs 10,000 with two sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., with the order to lapse if a charge‑sheet is filed linking the petitioners to the offence.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. in view of the conflicting evidence.
- Whether the petitioners are likely to abscond or tamper with the investigation if released on bail.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Section 482
- false implication
- accidental death
- electric wire
- blue bulls
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64209 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-286 Year-2024 Thana- MINAPUR District- Muzaffarpur
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1. Ritesh Anand S/o Garib Nath Chaudhary R/o Village - Raghopur, P.S -
Minapur, District - Muzaffarpur
2. Shankar Kumar S/o Late Satyanarayan Prasad R/o Village - Raghopur, P.S -
Minapur, District - Muzaffarpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Gajender Kumar, Adv.
For the State : Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, APP
For the Informant : Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Adv.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 23-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned
A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf
of the informant.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 105, 3(5)
of the B.N.S..
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that land of petitioners is adjacent to his land and
petitioners passed electric current through iron wire of the
informant with which the informant had wired his pumpkin
field, on account of which he along with both his sons got
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electric current and his elder son died.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by
the informant. It is next submitted that it is not in dispute that
land of the petitioners and the informant are adjacent to each
other but then both petitioners and the informant have taken the
land on lease from a Math. It is next submitted that though
informant alleges that the petitioners passed electric current
through iron wire of the informant with which the informant had
wired his pumpkin but then the said allegation has been levelled
only to ensure that petitioners are implicated in the case since
their land is adjacent to the land of the informant. It is further
submitted that it does not appear probable that petitioners would
have passed electric current through iron wire of the informant
with which the informant had wired his pumpkin. It is also
submitted that the dead body of the son of the informant was
found lying on the land which was taken on lease by the
informant. It is further submitted that during the course of
investigation, witnesses have stated that in the area there is
problem of blue-bulls and they destroy agricultural field and on
the date of occurrence blue-bulls had come to the village and
thus were being chased, on account of which, the blue-bulls
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dashed the bamboo pole, on account of which, the electric wire
snapped and fell on the land of the informant and came in
contact with the iron wire which was used for wiring the
pumpkin, leading to the death of the son of the informant. It is
also submitted that if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to
the petitioners, the petitioners will not abscond rather will
cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the informant opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioners but then the learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the informant is not in a position to rebut
the submission of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioners that during the course of investigation witnesses have
stated that blue-bulls were being chased and one of the blue-
bulls got dashed with a bamboo pole, leading to snapping of
electric wire on account of which the same came in contact with
the iron wire with which pumpkin in the field of the informant
was wired by the informant, leading to the occurrence but then
the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant also
submits that even some of the witnesses have given a contrary
statement during the course of investigation indicting the
petitioners. It is also submitted that if privilege of anticipatory
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bail is granted to the petitioners, the petitioners may abscond.
6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the
petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender
within a period of six weeks from today, be released on
anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-
(Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like
amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the
case is pending/successor court in connection with Minapur P.S.
Case No.286/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under
Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. However, it is made clear that if charge sheet is
submitted connecting the petitioners with the offence, in that
event, the present anticipatory bail order shall come to an end.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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