Ramji Manjhi @ Ranji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25862 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-229 Year-2020 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Ramji Manjhi @ Ranji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi Son Of Late Chamari Manjhi 2.

Rajendra Manjhi @ Gajendra Manjhi @ Rajendra Kumar Son Of Ramji Manjhi @ Ranji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi 3.

Aklesh Manjhi @ Akhilesh Kumar Son Of Ramji Manjhi @ Ranji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi 4.

Rajeev Kumar @ Butus Manjhi @ Jitendra Kumar Son Of Ramji Manjhi @ Ranji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi 5.

Sanjeev Kumar @ Dharmendra Manjhi Son Of Ramji Manjhi @ Raji Manjhi @ Sri Ramji Manjhi All Resident Of Village - Ghareya Bihiain, P.S. - Wazirganj, District - Gaya. At Present Resident Of Village - Albela Nagar, P.S. - Makhdumpur, District - Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Mrityunjaya Kr.Gautam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 06-05-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 325, 308, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No.229 of 2020.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submit that petitioner nos.1,2,3 and 5 are person with clean antecedent while petitioner no.4 has antecedent of one case.

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4. It is next submitted that mother of the present informant had instituted Wazirganj P.S. Case No.438 of 2017 under Section 366A of the IPC against the petitioner no.4. It is further submitted that since petitioner no.4 was in love with the sister of the informant, as such both had eloped and thereafter performed their marriage in the year 2017 for which the aforesaid Wazirganj P.S. Case No.438 of 2017 was instituted. It is next submitted that the informant was harboring a grudge against the petitioner no.4 and his family members as he had performed love marriage with his sister which was objected by the informant and his family members. It is further submitted that out of the wedlock two children were born who presently are staying with petitioner no.4 and his wife i.e. sister of the informant.

It is next submitted that the dispute was existing from before, as such an altercation took place in which both side assaulted each other, but then allegation of assault is not specific though the injuries suffered by the injured is said to be grievous but then it is non-vital part of the body. It is next submitted that case is not instituted under Section 307 of the IPC.

5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25862 of 2024(2) dt.06-05-2024 3/3 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, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000 /- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Ist, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No.229 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T