Patna High Court
Ravish Tanti @ Manish 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 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Summary
The petitioner, Ravish Tanti, was implicated in a FIR alleging offences under Sections 341, 323, 307, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC, based on the testimony of an informant who claimed the accused assaulted his younger brother. The petitioner contended that he has a clean antecedent, was falsely implicated, and that the informant was intoxicated and had a personal dispute with his relative, making the FIR a retaliatory complaint. He applied for anticipatory bail, arguing that the FIR does not specifically allege any wrongdoing on his part. The State opposed the bail. The Court, after considering the petitioner's clean record and the circumstances of the FIR, granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and compliance with conditions under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., for a period of six weeks from the order.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
- Whether the FIR specifically implicates the petitioner or constitutes a false or retaliatory complaint.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 — s. 438(2)
- Indian Penal Code — s. 307, 323, 34, 341, 504, 506
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Section 438 CrPC
- false implication
- clean antecedent
- IPC offences
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89492 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-206 Year-2023 Thana- DHARHARA District- Munger
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Ravish Tanti @ Manish Kumar S/o Late Vinod Tanti @ Bindeshwari Vaishya
@ Bino Tanti R/o Village- Mangarh, P.S.-Dharhara, District- Munger
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Brajesh Sahay, Advocate
Mrs. Rupa Sinha, Advocate
Mr. Vivek Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Naresh Ray
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 18-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 307, 504,
506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and has been falsely
implicated in the instant case by the informant with an
allegations that the accused persons including the petitioner
along with unknown accused came and started abusing the
younger brother of the informant and when the informant
objected, it is alleged that Bablu Tanti caught him by his collar
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and spat on his face and assaulted on his mouth and nose,
thereafter Vikram Tanti assaulted the brother of the informant
with an iron rod causing injury on head.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant. It is next submitted that informant in a drunken
condition was abusing and acting inappropriately with Bhabhi
of Bablu Tanti which led to institution of Dharahara P.S. Case
No.205 of 2023 dated 10.10.2023, as such, the instant FIR is a
counter blast. It is further submitted that from perusal of the
allegations, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no
specific allegation is alleged against the petitioner.
5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact
that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, let petitioner,
above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a
period of six weeks from today, be released on bail on
furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with
two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
learned S.D.J.M., Sadar, Munger in connection with Dharhara
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P.S. Case No.206 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down
under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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