Manas Kumar @ Mansha Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8067 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-349 Year-2023 Thana- KAHALGAON District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Manas Kumar @ Mansha Mandal Son Of Mahesh Mandal @ Mahesh Prasad Mandal Resident Of Village - Parmanandpur, P.S. - Ghogha, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anupa Jha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Kahalgoan (Ghogha) P.S. Case No. 349 of 2023 dated 21.03.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 414 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, three miscreants boarded on a motorcycle tried to flee away but two miscreants were apprehended with stolen motorcycle and one miscreant succeeded to flee away. The apprehended persons disclosed the name of the petitioner who fled away from the spot.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8067 of 2024(2) dt.04-03-2024 2/2 the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused, Matru Mandal. Learned counsel has further submitted that the petitioner has no concern either with the seized motorcycle or with the other co-accused persons. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has three criminal antecedents in which he is on bail in the aforesaid cases as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Bhagalpur in connection with Kahalgoan (Ghogha) P.S. Case No. 349 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T