Pardeshi Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.60778 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -383 Year- 2016 Thana -MUFFASIL DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ======================================================

1. Pardeshi Manjhi S/o Sri Mahesh Manjhi, R/o Village- Barwat Parsarain Kharsar No. 1, P.S.- Bettiah Muffasil, District- West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner is in custody since 22.09.2017 in connection with Bettiah Muffasil P.S. Case No. 383/2016 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

Diary in this case was called for which has since been received.

After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State and after perusal of the postmortem report, the allegations as made out in the First Information Report, do not indicate that there was any marked injury on the neck of the deceased, save and except an abrasion. Thus, the serious cloud is cast on the prosecution story.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.60778 of 2017 (3) dt.25-01-2018 2/2 In view of the aforementioned facts and circumstances and that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran at Bettiah, in connection with Bettiah Muffasil P.S. Case No. 383 of 2016. (Anjana Mishra, J) Saif/- U T