Ranjana Devi @ Ranjana Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Cr. Misc. No.16084 of 2025, order dated 02-04-2025, Ramesh Chand Malviya, J. Anticipatory bail under Section 438 Cr.P.C. in Patarghat P.S. Case No. 175 of 2024, Saharsa (B.N.S. Sections 127(1), 113(2), 118(1), 117(2), 109/352, 351(3), 3(5)). Petitioners: Ranjana Devi @ Ranjana Kumari, Ranjeet Sada @ Ranjeet Kumar Sada, Sonu Kumar @ Sonoo Kumar; advocate Amarnath Jha; State of Bihar represented by Lakshmi Kant Sharma. Bail granted to petitioners 1 and 2 (Rs. 10,000/- bond each, two sureties, CJM Saharsa, Section 438(2) conditions); anticipatory bail rejected for petitioner No. 3 owing to specific allegation of axe assault on informant's head and grievous-injury opinion (case diary para 31). Keywords: anticipatory bail, pre-arrest bail, bailable/non-bailable sections, grievous injury.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to petitioner No. 1 (Ranjana Devi @ Ranjana Kumari) and petitioner No. 2 (Ranjeet Sada @ Ranjeet Kumar Sada): release on bail upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Saharsa, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner No. 3 (Sonu Kumar @ Sonoo Kumar) rejected.