Patna High Court
CR. MISC./57957/2026 of Ranjit Sah Vs The State of Bihar on 19 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57957 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2026 Thana- KADWA District- Katihar ====================================================== Ranjit Sah S/O Gaur Sah R/O Village- Bhogao, Ward No. 3, P.S.- Kadwa, Distt.- Katihar. ... ...
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57957 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2026 Thana- KADWA District- Katihar ======================================================
Ranjit Sah S/O Gaur Sah R/O Village- Bhogao, Ward No. 3, P.S.- Kadwa, Distt.- Katihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Uday Prakash Sharma, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Upendra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
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ORAL ORDER
19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 146 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 352, 351(2), 351(3) and 3(5) of the BNS.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 15.04.2026 at about 07:00 P.M., the informant, Rohit Singh, alleged that Sunil Sah, while selling foreign liquor, got into an altercation with another person on the road. When the informant went there to pacify the dispute, Sunil Sah, along with Jiwachh Sah and Ranjit Sah (petitioner), allegedly started firing indiscriminately. In the said firing, the informant’s daughter sustained a gunshot injury Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57957 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
below her waist, while his mother, Janki Devi, sustained a gunshot injury on her thigh.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It has further been submitted, with reference to the impugned order, that the injuries sustained by the injured persons were simple in nature, although they were opined to be gunshot injuries. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further referred to Annexure-2, i.e., a case lodged by the police officer vide Kadwa P.S. Case No. 147 of 2026, wherein co-accused Sunil Sah was rescued while he was allegedly being lynched by a mob of about 200 persons. It has been submitted that the said incident was not connected with the present occurrence, rather, the house of Sunil Sah was allegedly about to be set on fire. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he in on bail and is in custody since 16.04.2026.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Heard the parties and perused the record.
7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as nature of injury and period of custody, let Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57957 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026
the petitioner above-named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Katihar, in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 146 of 2026, with condition(s):-
(i) the petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date during trial, failure on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the trial court would be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
8. The application stands allowed.
Jyoti/- (Praveen Kumar, J) U T