Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin Vs The Vigilance Department… — Corruption | Patna HC (2026)

Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin Vs The Vigilance Department… — Corruption | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Bail granted to the petitioner on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the court below ensuring that the charges are framed before accepting the bail bonds.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, prosecuted in Vigilance P.S. Case No. 50 of 2025 under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and in custody since 11.07.2025 with the charge-sheet already filed, should be enlarged on bail.

Court's answer

Considering that the petitioner has remained in custody, the charge-sheet has already been submitted, and the case is posted for framing of charge, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner behind bars.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner, who has no criminal antecedent, is enlarged 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 the learned court below in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No. 50 of 2025.

Key takeaways

Before accepting the bail bonds of the petitioner, the learned court concerned shall ensure that the charges have been framed, as submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Soni Shrivastava, J.), by oral order dated 19-02-2026 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 75015 of 2025, allowed a bail application arising out of Vigilance P.S. Case No. 50 of 2025 (District Patna), registered for an offence punishable under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The petitioner, Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin, an Anchal Amin, was alleged to have been caught red-handed by the vigilance trap team with bribe money of Rs. 1,00,000/-; counsel contended the trap was stage-managed, that no videography was done at the time of the trap, and that the seizure list was not prepared at the place of occurrence. Taking into account that the petitioner had remained in custody since 11.07.2025, that the charge-sheet was submitted on 02.09.2025, and that the case stood posted for framing of charge, the Court held that no useful purpose would be served by keeping him behind bars and enlarged him on bail, having no criminal antecedent, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, while directing the learned court concerned to ensure that the charges have been framed before accepting the bail bonds.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75015 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-50 Year-2025 Thana- VIGILANCE District- Patna

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Niranjan Prasad Dangi @ Niranjan Amin S/o Late Ramdhari Dangi @ Nemdhari Dangi R/o Village- Pitis, P.S.- Etkhori, District- Chatra (Jharkhand)

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Vigilance Department through its Director, Bihar, Patna Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

============== Appearance :	=====	===================================
For the Petitioner/s	:	Mr. Sauravh Singh
For the Vigilance ==============	: =====	Mr. Arvind Kumar ===================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER

5 19-02-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

counsel for the Vigilance.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act.

Allegation against the petitioner is that he was caught red handed by the vigilance trap team with bribe money of Rs. 1,00,000/-.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner never demanded any bribe and rather the entire trap case is stage managed and it is also a fact that no videography has been done at the time of the trap. It is further submitted that the entire occurrence took place near the bus stand but the

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seizure list was not prepared at the place of occurrence. Further, the petitioner, who is Anchal Amin, is in custody since 11.07.2025 and the charge-sheet was submitted on 02.09.2025. It has also been submitted that today is the date fixed in the vigilance court for framing of charge.

Learned counsel for the vigilance has opposed the application for bail by submitting that the petitioner had been caught red handed.

Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner has now remained in custody and the charge-sheet has already been submitted as such, no useful purpose would be served by keeping the petitioner behind bars and further taking into consideration the fact that the case is also posted for framing of charge today and the petitioner undertakes to appear and get the charges framed, let the above named petitioner, who has no criminal antecedent be enlarged 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 the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Vigilance P.S. Case No. 50 of 2025.

However, the learned court concerned before

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accepting bail bonds of the petitioner would ensure that the charges have been framed as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner.

(Soni Shrivastava, J)

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