Piyush Ranjan Kumar @ Piyush RanjanversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72871 of 2025
                       Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2025 Thana- VIGILANCE District- Patna
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                 Piyush Ranjan Kumar @ Piyush Ranjan S/o- Ramchandra Pandey Resident
                 Of Village- Gamharia, Ps- Raxaul, Dist-East Champaran
                                                                       ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                   Versus
           1.     The State of Bihar
           2.    The State of Bihar through the Director General, Vigilance Investigation,
                 Bureau, Patna Bihar
           3.    Murad Anwar S/o- Nabiullah Khan R/v- Pakhnaha Ps- Bairiya Dist- West
                 Champaran

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Prashant Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman, A.P.P.
                                                  Mr. Arvind Kumar, Law Officer, Vigilance
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH
                 MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

4   02-02-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State. Perused the case diary.

                               2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with

                   Vigilance P.S. Case No. 66 of 2025, instituted for the offences

                   under Section 7(b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

                               3. Prosecution case, in short, is that petitioner

                   allegedly demanded bribe of Rs. One Lakh from the informant

                   in lieu of grant of funds in favour of complainant’s mother

                   under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY). The

                   said fact was verified by the Vigilence department and raiding

                   party was constructed and before that audio clip was also made.
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          The petitioner was caught red handed taking bribe of Rs.

          50,000/-

                      4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

          petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. He

          further submitted that the allegation levelled against the

          petitioner is baseless as the application for grant of Rs. 10 Lakhs

          in faovur of the petitioner’s mother was approved and cleared

          by erstwhile District Fisheries Officer, West Champaran from

          whom the petitioner took charge on 07.07.2025. The informant’s

          applications under the Mukhya Mantri Talab Matsiyaki Vikas

          Yojna on 29.05.2025 and 30.05.2025 were rejected by the

          petitioner on 30.07.2025. The entire allegation of bribe of Rs.

          One lakh is false and concocted. As per trap memorandum, a

          black polybag containing the currency was handed over as a

          bribe, however, on search of the table of petitioner a yellow

          polybag was recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioner

          further submits that other co-accused has been granted bail by a

          Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 01.07.2020

          passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14835 of 2020. It has been submitted on

          behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since

          26.08.2025 and has no criminal antecedent.

                      5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
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                     opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

                                  6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances

                     of the case, nature and gravity of offence, this Court is not

                     inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage.

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

                     petitioner is, hereby, rejected.

                                  8. Learned Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial.

                                  9. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner to

                     renew the prayer for grant of bail before the Trial Court if the

                     trial is not concluded within a period of three from today. If any

                     such application is filed before the learned court below, the

                     court concerned shall consider the same on its own merit

                     without being prejudiced by this order.



                                           (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J)
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