Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad @ Guddu Mukhiya v. The State of Bihar

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Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.36131 of 2024, decided 17-05-2024 by Harish Kumar, J. Bail GRANTED to Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Prasad @ Guddu Mukhiya in Chhabilapur P.S. Case No. 40/2021 (Nalanda) - offences under Sections 341/323/338/504/302/34 IPC and Section 27 Arms Act (alleged murder by danda and bricks after tying, on petitioner's exhortation). Key points: allegation against petitioner confined to exhortation; no active participation in assault; informant's son-in-law (eye-witness) turned hostile; three of five chargesheet witnesses examined, two hostile; no cogent material of witness-threatening or evidence-tampering; petitioner in custody since 16.08.2023; six criminal antecedents asserted by opposition; trial-court order rejecting earlier bail was impugned; co-accused granted bail in Cr. Misc. No. 54436 of 2014 (order dated 18.05.2022) urged for parity. Relief: bail bonds Rs. 25,000/- with two like sureties before A.C.J.M.-II, Biharsharif; conditions include close-family bailor, no district exit without permission, presence every trial date, anti-tampering undertaking, cancellation on two consecutive defaults, and court-below verification of criminal antecedents with cancellation powers on concealment. Useful for: bail in S.302 IPC exhortation-role cases; hostile eye-witness; antecedent-verification bail condition.