Patna High Court
CR. MISC./56933/2026 of Ratan Gagrai Vs The State of Bihar on 17 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56933 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-330 Year-2025 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ratan Gagrai S/o Late Behra Gagrai R/o vill - Hari Mara, Post - Lotapahar, P.S.- Sonua,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56933 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-330 Year-2025 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ======================================================
Ratan Gagrai S/o Late Behra Gagrai R/o vill - Hari Mara, Post - Lotapahar, P.S.- Sonua, Distt.- West Singhbhum, Jharkhand
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bharat Lal, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
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17-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per F.I.R., this petitioner, being Investigating Officer of the Dhaka P. S. Case No. 179 of 2020, is alleged to have forged signature on the notice issued under Section 41A Cr.P.C. and submitted charge-sheet before the Court.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he performed all his duties, irrespective of the political influences caused by Md. Salauddin to file disclosure report in his case. He further submits that petitioner has already been exonerated in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56933 of 2026(2) dt.17-08-2026
the departmental proceeding based on the same set of allegations. Petitioner is currently serving as A.S.I at Bettiah, West Champaran and there is no chance of tampering the evidence or absconding. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Dhaka in connection with Dhaka P. S. Case No. 330 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T