Manoj Mandal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9475 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2025 Thana- Ghogha District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.
Manoj Mandal S/O Late Bhagwan Mandal R/O Village- Kulkuliya Ward No. 02, P.S- Ghogha, Dist.- Bhagalpur.
2.
Gunjan Devi W/O Manoj Mandal R/O Village- Kulkuliya Ward No. 02, P.SGhogha, Dist.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kamal Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 26-03-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115 (2), 126(2), 109(1), 352, 303(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that goat of his brother grazed his field, on account of which, an altercation took place and petitioner no.1 assaulted him by iron rod causing injury on head and also took Rs.3000/- from his pocket.
4. Learned counsel submits that petitioner no.1 and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9475 of 2026(2) dt.26-03-2026 2/3 the informant are own brother and on a trivial dispute of the goat of the petitioner grazing the field of the informant led to an altercation in which both side assaulted each other. It is also submitted that no doubt it is alleged that petitioner no.1 assaulted the informant by rod causing injury on head on 21.09.2025 but then the fardbeyan of the informant was recorded in the hospital on 30.09.2025 i.e. 9 days after the occurrence, which also casts an aspersion on the case of the prosecution that as to whether the informant was admitted in the hospital on account of assault made by the petitioner no.1 or he got injured in some other occurrence. It is also submitted that informant and petitioner no.1 resides jointly and petitioners are not criminals.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9475 of 2026(2) dt.26-03-2026 3/3 connection with Ghogha P.S. Case No.144/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T