Patna High Court

Ranjit Yadav @ Ranjit Kumar Yadav @ Ranjeet YadavversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 13 January 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: R P MISHRA

Holding

The Court granted bail to the petitioner, finding no direct allegation against him and considering the custody already served.

Summary

The petitioner, Ranjit Yadav, was arrested in connection with a case (Hasanpur PS Case No. 19 of 2025) alleging offences under several sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Arms Act. The prosecution alleged that the accused assaulted an informant and his family with deadly weapons and fired indiscriminately. The petitioner’s counsel argued that he was falsely implicated, that the allegations were vague and no specific overt act was attributed to him, and that he has no prior criminal record. The State opposed bail, citing the seriousness of the offences. The Court, noting the lack of direct allegations against the petitioner and the period he had already spent in custody, decided to grant bail on condition of a cash bond and sureties. The order released the petitioner on bail.

Issues considered

Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner despite the serious nature of the offences alleged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Arms Act.

Legislation cited

Arms Act — s. 27
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 109, 115(2), 126(2), 189(2), 351(3), 352

Subjects

bail
criminal procedure
false implication
assault
Arms Act
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86803 of 2025
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur
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                 Ranjit Yadav @ Ranjit Kumar Yadav @ Ranjeet Yadav S/O Pramanand Yadav
                 @ Parmanand Yadav R/O Village- Mahuli, P.S- Hasanpur, Distt.- Samstipur,
                 Bihar.
                                                                          ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                 Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                   ... ... Opposite Party/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Madhav Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P.
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH
                 MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   13-01-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Hasanpur

                   P.S. Case No. 19 of 2025 instituted for the offences under Sections

                   126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 109, 189(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya

                   Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.                                     3.

                   Prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons assaulted the

                   informant and his family members by deadly weapons and also

                   made indiscriminate firing.

                                4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

                   petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned

                   counsel for the petitioner further submitted that general and

                   omnibus allegation has been made against the petitioner. No

                   specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. Learned counsel

                   also submitted that both the parties are gotia and there is dispute

                   between them. He further submitted that there is case and counter
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                     case between the parties. Learned counsel further submitted that

                     petitioner’s family members also sustained injuries in the alleged

                     occurrence. Learned counsel further submitted that the injury

                     sustained by the informant and his family members are simple in

                     nature. Learned counsel further submitted that other co-accused

                     has been granted bail by this Court on 17.09.2025 passed in

                     Criminal Miscellaneous No. 44761 of 2025. It has been submitted

                     on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since

                     01.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedent.

                                  5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed

                     the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

                                  6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of

                     the case, there being no direct allegation against the petitioner as

                     also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court

                     is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

                                  7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing

                     bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two

                     sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court

                     below/concerned Court in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No.

                     19 of 2025.


                                                     (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J)
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