Pawan Kumar Manjhi @ Pawan Manjhi @ Pavan Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8810 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-343 Year-2020 Thana- ATRI District- Gaya ====================================================== Pawan Kumar Manjhi @ Pawan Manjhi @ Pavan Manjhi S/o Late Ram Jatan Manjhi R/o Village - Pathari, P.S - Atri, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Arvind Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Jai Narain Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 26-02-2026
1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Atri Police Station Case No. 343 of 2020, dated 19.09.2020, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 341/323/308/504 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 18.09.2020, while the informant was in the cremation ghat, the petitioner came there on a motorcycle and assaulted him by iron-rod on his head, due to which he sustained injury on his head.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to previous enmity. He further submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8810 of 2026(2) dt.26-02-2026 2/2 there is no allegation of repetative blows by the petitioner, as such Section 308 of the Indian Penal Code is not attracted against the petitioner.
5. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that the petitioner is named in the First Information Report and there is specific allegation against the petitioner that due to the assault made by the him, the informant has sustained grievous injury.
6. Regards being had to the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that there is specific allegation against the petitioner of causing grievous injury to the informant, I am not inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. This application is, accordingly, dismissed. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √