Mani Kant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17740 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2421 Year-2024 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPatna ====================================================== Mani Kant Kumar S/o Nagendra Das RO Rajapur Pul, Gate No 29, Shri Ramjanki, Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurbari, PS- Shri Krishnapuri, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar 2.
Saurabh Kumar Singh Son of Late Gorakh Prasad Singh, Resident of Mohalla - Rajapur p.s.- Srikrishnapuri District Patna pin code 800001 at present secretary sri Ramjank Siya Bihar Kunj Thakurbari Nyas Samiti ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Rudrank Shivam Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Satyendra Prasad, APP For the Complainant :
Mr. Achyatanand Upadhyay, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Complaint Case No. 2421(C) of 2024, punishable for the offence under Sections 406, 420, 467, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that co-accused Nagendra Das, who is Pujari and Member of the Managing Committee of Sri Ram Janki Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurbari Nyash Samittee along with this petitioner and co-accused Shahnawaz Ali, proprietor of Pooja Advertising Company,
2/4 committed illegal acts relating to temple management. Following complaints by co-villagers, the Bihar Rajya Dharmic Nyash Parishad conducted an inspection, found the allegations to be true and constituted a new committee of 11 members. Despite directions of the committee to submit details of temple income and expenditure, co-accused Nagendra Das allegedly failed to comply the direction. It was found that advertising hoardings were installed in the temple premises and an agreement was executed between this petitioner and Pooja Advertising Company. Investigation revealed that income from the hoardings was deposited into the personal account of petitioner and was misused.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he happens to be son of co-accused Nagendra Das. The present complaint has been filed by Secretary of Shri Ram Janki Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurbari Mandir against petitioner and other accused persons only with a view to malign the reputation of petitioner. So far as allegation of getting a portion of the Matha registered in the name of co-accused is concerned, it is pertinent to mention here that said land was earlier registered in
3/4 the name of Mahanth Baidehi Nandani and after his death, same was transferred in the name of his disciple Mahanth Baidehi Sharan and thereafter following the same tradition, as part of Guru-Shishya Parampara, the land was registered in the name of co-accused Nagendra Das by virtue of being his disciple, which was finally registered on 04.01.2006. Co-accused Nagendra Das has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 27.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14439 of 2026. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2 have vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, claim based on parity and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender before the Trial Court within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial
4/4 Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 2421(C) of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T