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Ravi Yadav @ Ravi Bhushan Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC23 Dec 2025CR. APP (SJ)/3189/2025

Case brief

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What is this about?

Patna High Court Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.3189 of 2025, decided 23-12-2025 by Justice Sandeep Kumar: appeal against refusal of anticipatory bail (ABP No. 170 of 2025, Exclusive Special Judge SC/ST (POA) Act, Gaya) in SC/ST P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025 under BNS 2023 Sections 126(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) and SC/ST Act Sections 3(i)(r)(s)(f), 3(2)(va); land acquisition / brick kiln dispute with caste-name abuse and criminal intimidation allegations; anticipatory bail declined, surrender within four weeks directed, arrest by SSP Gaya on failure.

What did the court decide?

None; anticipatory bail refused. Appellants directed to surrender in the court below within four weeks and seek regular bail, failing which the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya is to take arrest steps. ¶26

Ravi Yadav @ Ravi Bhushan Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the appellants are entitled to anticipatory bail in connection with SC/ST P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025, whose anticipatory-bail prayer had been rejected by the Special Judge, Gaya.

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Court's answer

Considering the allegations levelled against the appellants in the FIR, no case for anticipatory bail is made out and the appeal for anticipatory bail stands rejected.

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Ratio / Principle

The appellants were directed to surrender in the court below within four weeks and seek regular bail, failing which the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya is to take steps for their arrest.

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Key takeaways

A copy of the order was directed to be communicated to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya through FAX forthwith for compliance.ratio¶30

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail – rejection upheld at appellate stage. Patna High Court (Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.3189 of 2025, Sandeep Kumar, J, order dated 23-12-2025) dismissed the appeal against the order dated 28.06.2025 of the Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, Gaya (ABP No. 170 of 2025) rejecting the six appellants' prayer for anticipatory bail in SC/ST P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025 (District Gaya), registered under Sections 126(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3(i)(r)(s)(f), 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act. Prosecution case per the FIR: the appellants allegedly acquired the informant's land, set up a brick kiln on it and used sand-laden trucks and heavy vehicles on roads made over it; on the informant's objection, abuse with caste name and threats of dire consequences followed. Considering the FIR allegations, the Court found no case for anticipatory bail made out and rejected the appeal; the appellants were given four weeks to surrender and seek regular bail, failing which the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya was to take arrest steps, and a copy of the order was to be faxed to him for compliance.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.3189 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-28 Year-2025 Thana- SC/ST District- Gaya

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Ravi Yadav @ Ravi Bhushan Kumar S/o Late Ramlakhan Yadav Resident of village- Chowar, P.S.- Tankuppa, District- Gaya,

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Janardhan Yadav @ Janardhan Prasad S/o Late Janaki Yadav R/o vill - Basadhi, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Distt.- Gaya

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Lalan Yadav @ Lalan Kumar Yadav S/o Ram Shiwalak Yadav @ Shiv Balak Yadav R/o vill - Silounja, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Distt.- Gaya

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Mahendra Yadav @ Mahendra Prasad S/o Basudev Yadav R/o vill - Basadhi, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Distt.- Gaya

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Mantu Yadav @ Manu Yadav @ Mantu Kumar S/o Basudev Yadav R/o vill - Basadhi, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Distt.- Gaya

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Gaya Yadav @ Gayanand Kumar S/o Rameshwar Yadav R/o vill - Darjiyachak, P.S.- Tankuppa, Distt.- Gaya

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... ... Appellant/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar

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Vinod Ravidas S/o Late Munshi Ravidas R/o vill - Basadhi, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Distt.- Gaya

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... ... Respondent/s

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Appearance :

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For the Appellant/s : Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Usha Kumari 1 For the Res. No. 2 : Mr. Devashish Giri, Advocate ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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4 23-12-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the appellants, the learned

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Spl. P.P. for the State and the learned counsel for the informant.

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2 . This appeal is preferred against the order dated

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Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3189 of 2025(4) dt.23-12-2025 2/3

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28.06.2025 passed by the learned Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST (POA)Act, Gaya passed in ABP No. 170 of 2025 arising out of SC/ST P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 351(2), 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and under Sections 3(i)(r)(s)(f), 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act, by which the prayer of the appellants for anticipatory bail was rejected.

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3 . As per the prosecution case, the appellants are said to have acquired the land of the informant and they set up a brick kiln on the said land and by making roads on that land, sand-laden trucks and heavy vehicles were being used. When the informant objected the same, accused Munshi along with his associates started abusing the informant by taking caste name and threatened for dire consequences.

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4 . Considering the allegations levelled against the appellants in the FIR, in the opinion of this Court, no case for anticipatory bail is made out and therefore, the appeal for anticipatory stands rejected.

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5 . The appellants are directed to surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and seek regular bail failing which the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya will all take steps for the arrest of the appellants.

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Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3189 of 2025(4) dt.23-12-2025 3/3

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6 . Let a copy of this order be communicated to the

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Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya through FAX for its compliance forthwith.

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(Sandeep Kumar, J)

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Shishir/-

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