Savita Devi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19384 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-355 Year-2020 Thana- MUFFASIL District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Savita Devi, Wife Of Vir Bahadur Majhi Resident Of Village - Kharshal Mushahri Tola, P.S. - Muffasil Bettiah, District - West Champaran At Bettiah.

2.

Sandeep Kumar, Son Of Vir Bahadur Majhi Resident Of Village - Kharshal Mushahri Tola, P.S. - Muffasil Bettiah, District - West Champaran At Bettiah.

3.

Akhilesh Manjhi, S/O Shankar Manjhi Resident Of Village - Kharshal Mushahri Tola, P.S. - Muffasil Bettiah, District - West Champaran At Bettiah.

... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Binay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 325, 307, 337, 338, 353, 224, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.1 has antecedent of one case and rest of the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant, who is police officer, alleges that on 14.06.2020, he got

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19384 of 2022(2) dt.27-09-2022 2/3 information about an accused of Bettiah Mufassil P. S. Case No.661 of 2019 and Case No.670 of 2019, thereafter he along with police personnel reached the place of occurrence and when he saw the miscreants taking intoxicating substance. It is next alleged that thereafter the miscreants was caught and he admitted his participation in the murder of Kalua @ Kanhaiya and Lal Babu Kumar and thus, was arrested. Thereafter, about 200-250 persons assembled at the place of occurrence and they pelted stones at the police force in which one constable also got injured and Ravi Prakash received injury on head. Thereafter, the accused Manjit Manjhi, who was arrested escaped. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is next submitted that the allegations against them are general and omnibus in nature.

The learned Additional Public Prosecutor opposes the anticipatory bail application.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, are directed to be released on bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19384 of 2022(2) dt.27-09-2022 3/3 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Bettiah (Mufassil) P. S. Case No.355 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T