Dayanand Ravidas Vs The State of Bihar — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2025)

Dayanand Ravidas Vs The State of Bihar — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Anticipatory bail: petitioners to be enlarged on bail upon arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate 1st class, Lakhisarai, in Halsi P.S. Case No. 299 of 2024, subject to the conditions under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Issue for consideration

Whether petitioners Dayanand Ravidas and Pachola Devi, who apprehend arrest in Halsi P.S. Case No. 299 of 2024 (District Lakhisarai) registered for offences under sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, should be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest or surrender.

Court's answer

In the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from 07-11-2025, both petitioners are to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st class, Lakhisarai, in Halsi Police Station Case No. 299 of 2024.

Ratio / Principle

The enlargement on bail is subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail — granted. Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.; oral order dated 07-11-2025) in Criminal Miscellaneous No.32461 of 2025, arising out of Halsi P.S. Case No. 299 of 2024, District Lakhisarai: petitioners Dayanand Ravidas and Pachola Devi, apprehending arrest for offences under sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (prosecution allegation: murder of the informant's mother by strangulation over a pathway dispute, followed by disfigurement of the face), were ordered to be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st class, Lakhisarai, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Defence contentions recorded: informant not an eyewitness; implication resting on suspicion alone; FIR lodged after an unexplained 19-day delay; clean antecedents claimed. State and informant opposed the prayer. No precedent cited; matter heard alongside Cr.Mis.No. 50379/2025 from the same police case.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32461 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2024 Thana- HALSI District- Lakhisarai

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Dayanand Ravidas son of Late Badari Ravidas Resident Of Village - Koli, Ps- Halsi, dist- Lakhisarai

Pachola Devi Wife of Dayanand Ravidas Resident Of Village - Koli, PsHalsi, dist- Lakhisarai

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Suresh Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Dashrath Mehta, A.P.P. ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

3 07-11-2025

This case has been listed under the heading ‘For Orders on Office Notes’ with notings that case diary and post mortem report, called for by this Court vide order dated 20.5.2025, have not been received in this case. However, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that another bail petition arising out of same police case, namely, Cr.Mis.No. 50379/2025 is also on the Board today at serial no. 21 in which case diary and post mortem report have already been received and kept on record. As such, present case is heard side by side with Cr.Mis.No. 50379/2025.

Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case diary.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32461 of 2025(3) dt.07-11-2025 2/3

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 103(1) and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

As per prosecution case, due to dispute with regard to pathway, all the FIR named accused persons including these petitioners killed mother of the informant by strangulation. Thereafter, they disfigured face of the deceased.

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that these petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Informant is not eye witness of the occurrence and only on account of previous dispute, petitioners have been made accused in this case on the basis of suspicion. F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of 19 days without any explanation which renders the entire prosecution case doubtful. Learned counsel submits that save and except suspicion, there is no other direct or indirect evidence against these petitioners to show their complicity in the occurrence. Petitioners claims clean antecedent.

Learned counsel for the State and the informant oppose the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let both these

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32461 of 2025(3) dt.07-11-2025 3/3

petitioners, named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate 1^st class, Lakhisarai in Halsi Police Station Case No. 299 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)

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