Karu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12179 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2022 Thana- SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== Karu Manjhi S/o- Late Faudi Manjhi @ Faidi Manjhi Village- Bajaura,PsDobhi, Dist- 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. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 07-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 342, 386, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Allegedly, petitioner is said to have threatened the informant by saying that if she does not give Rs. 10,00,000/- as rangdari, she cannot do anything on her land. He wanted to grab the land of the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged ever took place. Petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is admitted land dispute

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12179 of 2025(2) dt.07-03-2025 2/2 between the parties which is civil in nature. He submits that the similarly situated co-accused has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 24.01.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 69613 of 2022. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since there is no specific overt act against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Sherghati (Dobhi) P.S. Case No. 82 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T