Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13200 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-786 Year-2023 Thana- DARBHANGA SADAR DistrictDarbhanga ====================================================== Manoj Kumar S/O Mr. Upendra Narayan Singh Resident at D/304, Bansal Plaza, Station Road behind Hotel Kings P.S- Chutia, Dist.- Ranchi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sudhanshu Prakash For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-05-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Shri Chandra Bhushan Prasad. 2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 205, 467, 468, 471, 506 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case, which was also instituted by the informant. It is next submitted that informant alleges that the petitioner impersonated himself as Shekhar Ranjan Vardhan and met the Union Minister of State for Jail Shakti and Food Processing Industries along with other accused persons and got a complaint against the informant forwarded to the Hon'ble Home Minister, Government of India.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13200 of 2025(3) dt.12-05-2025 2/3 4.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that FIR has been instituted by the informant and not by Shekhar Ranjan Vardhan, i.e., had the petitioner impersonated Shekhar, in that event the FIR would have been instituted by Shekhar. It is further submitted that the informant is a person with dubious record and CBI is investigating him in RC Case No. 19 (S)/2013-R. It is also submitted that petitioner at the behest of the informant made investment in the security business of the informant and thereafter was cheated for which petitioner initiated both civil and criminal cases, as detailed in para 7 and 8 of the anticipatory bail application.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13200 of 2025(3) dt.12-05-2025 3/3 is pending/successor court in connection with Darbhanga Sadar P.S. Case No. 786 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T