Patna High Court
Ranjit KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
Summary
The petitioner, Ranjit Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail in a criminal case (PS Case No.330 of 2025) alleging offences under several sections of the B.N.S. The petitioner argued that earlier similar anticipatory bail applications (Cr. Misc. Nos.4571 and 4666 of 2026) had been granted and that the injury he allegedly caused to the informant was simple, whereas a separate case showed a grievous injury to another person. He also highlighted his academic background and the potential damage to his career if he were to be taken into judicial custody. The State opposed the bail but could not refute the claim that the informant's injury was simple and that the alleged assault was not likely to be repeated. After considering the submissions, the court directed that the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., and the application was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the circumstances.
- Whether the nature of the injury (simple vs grievous) affects the grant of bail.
- Whether the petitioner poses a risk of repeating the alleged offence.
Legislation cited
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- injury assessment
- simple injury
- grievous injury
- Section 482
- criminal procedure
- Bihar High Court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7132 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-330 Year-2025 Thana- NARDIGANJ District- Nawada
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Ranjit Kumar Son of Suresh Mahto Resident of Village- Buchchi, P.S.-
Nardiganj, District- Nawada
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. N. K. Agrawal- Sr. Advocate
Mr. Birendra Kumar- Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Yogendra Kumar- A.P.P.
Mr. Vijay Kumar-Adv. For informant
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 16-02-2026 1. Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner,
learned APP for the State and the learned counsel appearing
on behalf of the informant.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his
arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 126(2), 127(2), 118(1), 115(2), 110, 191(1), 192,
190 of the B.N.S.
3. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner
submits that earlier Mithun Kumar along with four others
had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by
filing Cr. Misc. No.4571 of 2026 and the same came to be
allowed by an order dated 02.02.2026 after considering the
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case in detail and on merits. It is also submitted that
thereafter, Anuj Kumar along with three others also
approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr.
Misc. No.4666 of 2026 and the same also came to be
allowed by an order dated 02.02.2026. It is further
submitted that no doubt, in the FIR, it is alleged that
petitioner assaulted the informant by garasa causing injury
on head, but then, the injury suffered by the injured has
been opined to be simple in nature as would manifest from
Annexure-5 to the supplementary affidavit.
4. It is next submitted that from the side of the
petitioner also Nadriganj P. S. Case No. 329 of 2025 was
instituted against the informant and his side in which it is
alleged that informant along with others had brutally
assaulted Bittu Kumar. It is further submitted that injury
report of Bittu was annexed as Annexure-4 in Cr. Misc.
No.4571 of 2026 and is also annexed as Annexure-6 to the
supplementary affidavit in the instant case and from perusal
of the same, it would manifest that the injury suffered by
Bittu Kumar has been opined to be grievous caused by hard
and blunt object.
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5. The learned senior counsel for the petitioner
next submits that petitioner has passed his B. Sc. Physics
(Honours) and is not a criminal and if he sent to judicial
custody, his entire career would get jeopardized and chances
are bright that he may come in contact with hardened
criminal. It is reiterated and submitted that the injury
suffered by the informant has opined to be simple when
injury of Bittu has been opined to be grievous and that blow
is not repeated.
6. Learned A.P.P. as well as the learned counsel
appearing on behalf of the informant opposes the
anticipatory bail application, but then, are not in a position
to rebut the submission of the learned senior counsel
appearing on behalf of the petitioner that the injury suffered
by the informant has been opined to be simple and the blow
is not alleged to be repeated.
7. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties
and also taking into consideration the submissions made by
the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his
arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, is directed
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to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the
sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the
learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor
Court in connection with Nardiganj P. S. Case No.330 of
2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section
482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
8. The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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