Rahul Ranjan @ Rahul Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory/pre-arrest bail granted; High Court of Judicature at Patna; Criminal Miscellaneous No.88149 of 2025; order dated 17-01-2026; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.; offences under sections 420, 467, 468, 469, 384, 386, 34 IPC; alleged leak of Bihar Excise Police Staff Selection 2023 question paper at Ambedkar Hostel Campus; Bahadurpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2023, District Patna; petitioner Rahul Ranjan @ Rahul Paswan not named in FIR, named on confession of co-accused; clean antecedents; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two sureties; learned JM Ist Patna City; conditions under section 482(2) BNSS 2023; State opposed through APP Umeshanand Pandit; counsel Nilesh Kumar.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned JM Ist Patna City in Bahadurpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2023, subject to the conditions under section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.