Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12542 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-478 Year-2025 Thana- NAWADA MUFFASIL District- Nawada ====================================================== Manish Kumar S/o Jaynath Prasad Resident of Village- Guramha, P.S.- Muffassil, Dist.- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 08-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case no. 478 of 2025 registered under sections 303(2) 318(2), 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2) and 111 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that seeing the police personnel, the accused persons started to run away. In the first raid conducted, one person namely Vallabh Raj was arrested from whose possession certain articles were recovered. In the second raid conducted in the village Garmha Badhar, two other persons including the petitioner herein were arrested. It is further stated that on search two mobile phones were recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Further on seeing the WhatsApp chat in the mobile phone recovered from the possession of the petitioner, certain screenshots of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12542 of 2026(3) dt.08-04-2026 2/2 financial transactions of strangers were present.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case due to village politics. No incriminating article has been recovered from the petitioner's possession. It is further contended that similarly situated co-accused persons has been granted bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 12.03.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 13334 of 2026. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 25.11.2025 having no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP appearing for the state has opposed the prayer of regular bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 478 of 2025 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM -1st Nawada.

(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Jagdish/- U T