Ritik @ Dhanji Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19874 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2024 Thana- BARAULI District- Gopalganj ====================================================== RITIK @ DHANJI MANJHI S/o- Bhart Manjhi Village- Sisai Ps- Barauli Dist- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 25(1-B)a, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act.

3. As per prosecution case, upon information that two miscreants are brandishing arms, police arrived at the place of occurrence and apprehended co-accused Pradeep Kumar Tiwary, who disclosed that he has purchased the country made pistol from this petitioner.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19874 of 2025(2) dt.19-04-2025 2/3 committed no offence. No incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner and he has been made an accused in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person who stated that the recovered gun has been purchased from this petitioner. Except confessional statement, there is no material on record to show the complicity of this petitioner in the alleged occurrence. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the general and omnibus nature of accusation, fact that no incriminating article has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gopalganj in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 220 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19874 of 2025(2) dt.19-04-2025 3/3 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T