Satyendra Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17180 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-238 Year-2019 Thana- PARASBIGHA District- Jehanabad ====================================================== SATYENDRA MANJHI S/o Late Raja Ram Manjhi R/o village- Samatbigha, Tola- Kajichak, P.S.- Parash Bigha, District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rakesh Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mohammed Arif ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-08-2022 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered u/s 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, allegation against the petitioner is of assaulting and committing murder of the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17180 of 2022(4) dt.30-08-2022 2/2 the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. Charge-sheet has already been submitted against the petitioner. One witness has already been examined by the prosecution. The petitioner is in custody since 20.07.2020.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that there is direct allegation against the petitioner who is husband of the deceased.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of detention, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions Judge-V, Jehanabad in connection with Parasbigha P.S. Case No. 238 of 2019 , with a condition:-

1. The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled by the concerned Court.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shobhakri/- U T