Jitendra Manjhi @ Jitendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3233 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-379 Year-2025 Thana- BANIAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Jitendra Manjhi @ Jitendra Kumar S/O Late Rampravesh Manjhi R/O Village- Dhamaparsa, P.S- Isuapur, Distt.- Saran at Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Rajiv Nayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 137(2) and 96 of the B.N.S..
3. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that this petitioner, along with other F.I.R. named accused persons, kidnapped minor daughter of informant for the purpose of marriage.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, the so called victim was in love affair with this petitioner and she, out of her own
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3233 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 2/3 sweet will, left her parental house and fled away with this petitioner. It is further submitted that the victim herself returned to her house and in her statement recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S., she has out-rightly denied the factum of kidnapping and has categorically stated that she, out of her own sweet will, fled away with this petitioner as her parents were pressurizing her to marry with some other person against her will and desire. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of the B.N.S.S. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Saran at Chapra in connection with Baniyapur P.S. Case No. 379 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3233 of 2026(3) dt.30-03-2026 3/3 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T