Pintoo Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13928 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-294 Year-2020 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Pintoo Manjhi, Male, aged about 23 years.

2.

Karu Manjhi, Male, aged about 19 years.

3.

Biru Manjhi, Male, aged about 25 years.

All are sons of Chaneshwar Manjhi @ Chandeshwar Manjhi, Resident of Village- Jamuawan, P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No2, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 10-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners seek bail in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 294 of 2020 dated 25.06.2020 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 201 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against the petitioners along with others is of killing the husband of the informant by khanti, danda and rod and buried his dead body in the earth.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners along with the entire family members have been made accused in this case. There is no eye witness of the occurrence, neither the dead body has been recovered nor any indiscriminating material has come during investigation.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13928 of 2023(2) dt.10-05-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the dead body of the husband of the informant was not found. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners having falsely implicated in the present case due to the oblique reasons by the informant. Petitioners are in custody since 26.05.2022 having no criminal antecedent.

Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that similarly situated co-accused namely Meena Devi has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 04.04.2023 in Cr. Misc. No. 65454 of 2022. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submission of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioners above named, be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 294 of 2020.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Anand Kr.

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