Patna High Court
Ranjan Singh @ Ranjan KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was denied as the court was not inclined to grant privilege of bail given the allegations and criminal antecedent.
Summary
The petitioners Ranjan Singh, Shravan Singh and Rohit Kumar applied for anticipatory bail in a case arising from an incident on 23 October 2025 at Jamalpur Ghat where intoxicated persons allegedly disturbed a disaster response team, threatened them, seized a life jacket and assaulted personnel. The FIR, registered under Sections 190, 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109, 132, 352 and 351(2) of the BNS, 2023, named the petitioners among others, though the prosecution’s evidence specifically implicated only a co‑accused, Ranveer Singh alias Rana. The petitioners contended that the FIR was false, motivated by prior enmity, and that no direct or indirect evidence linked them to the alleged assault. The court noted the allegations of assault on the disaster response team and the criminal antecedent of petitioner No. 3, and found the submissions insufficient to merit anticipatory bail. Consequently, the application for anticipatory bail was rejected.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners in view of the allegations of assault on a disaster response team under the BNS, 2023.
- Whether the lack of specific evidence against the petitioners and the claim of a false FIR preclude the grant of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- BNS, 2023 — s. 109, 115(2), 126(2), 132, 190, 191(3), 351(2), 352
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- assault
- disaster response team
- false FIR
- criminal antecedent
- BNS 2023
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8780 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2025 Thana- Jhandapur District- Bhagalpur
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1. Ranjan Singh @ Ranjan Kumar S/o- Rajesh Kumar @ Tuntun Singh
Resident of Village-Auliabad, P.S-Jhandapur, District-Bhagalpur
2. Shravan Singh @ Shravan Kumar Singh S/o- Late Chalittar @ Charitra
Singh Resident of Village-Auliabad, P.S-Jhandapur, District-Bhagalpur
3. Rohit Kumar S/o- Late Chalittar @ Charitra Singh Resident of Village-
Auliabad, P.S-Jhandapur, District-Bhagalpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Yadav
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
2 26-02-2026 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioners and
learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail,
arises out of Jhandapur Police Station Case No. 147 of 2025,
disclosing offences under Sections 190, 191(3), 126(2), 115(2),
109, 132, 352, 351(2) of the BNS, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on
23.10.2025 at about 3:00 PM, while the informant, Block
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Bihpur Disaster Coordinator, was present at Jamalpur Ghat
immersion site with Aapda Mitra personnel, certain intoxicated
persons allegedly created disturbance, attempted to pull people
into the water, threatened the rescue team for not providing a
life tube, took away a life jacket, and assaulted the Aapda Mitra
personnel, causing injuries.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that
the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case.
The allegations in the FIR are general and omnibus in nature,
with no specific overt act attributed to them except against one
co-accused namely Ranveer Singh alias Rana. Learned counsel
next submits that the injuries sustained are simple in nature and
caused by a hard and blunt object. Learned counsel further
submits that the case is false and motivated by prior enmity, and
that there is no direct or indirect evidence against the petitioners
in the case diary.
5. Having regard to the submissions made on
behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that
petitioners are named in the FIR, there is allegation against the
petitioners of assaulting the on duty disaster response team and
petitioner no. 3 is having criminal antecedent, I am not inclined
to grant the petitioners privilege of anticipatory bail.
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6. This application is, accordingly, rejected.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
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