Manjhla Marandi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8886 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2025 Thana- Champanagar District- Purnia ====================================================== 1.
Manjhla Marandi Son of Late Diwan Marandi Resident of Village- Masuria (Masuriya) Mangal Tola, Ward No. 11, P.S.- Sarsi, District- Purnea 2.
Bajum Soren @ Bachun Soren Son of Motelal Soren Resident of VillageMasuria (Masuriya) Mangal Tola, Ward No. 11, P.S.- Sarsi, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sumit Kumar Bhagat, Advocate Mr. Shushant Kumar, Advocate Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Pathak, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha, A.P.P Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners seeks regular bail in connection with Champanagar P.S. Case No. 101 of 2025 lodged on 14.08.2025, for the offence punishable under Section 137(2) of B.N.S and added Sections 103(1), 238(A), 61 and 3(5) of B.N.S,2023, pending in the Court of learned C.J.M, Purnea.
3. Prosecution case, in brief, is that the father of the informant, namely, Surendra Prasad Singh, went away from home on 12.08.2025 but did not return back. After investigation, police found dead body floating on water of Lahsana Dhar on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8886 of 2026(4) dt.20-07-2026 2/2 17.06.2025.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence as alleged. He further submitted that petitioners are not named in the F.I.R but their name cropped during investigation at the instance of apprehended co-accused Manoj Kamti. He lastly submitted that petitioners have clean antecedent and they are in custody since 09.11.2025.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioners.
6. Having heard the parties and taking into account the gravity and nature of offence and the fact that as per postmortem report, cause of death is due to Ashyxia and venous congestion due to antemortem throttling.
7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners are hereby rejected. (Alok Kumar, J) Bipin/- U T