Bahadur Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29016 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-31 Year-2020 Thana- DARAUNDA District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

BAHADUR MANJHI Son of Late Sital Manjhi Resident of Village - Bagaura, P.S. - Daraunda, District - Siwan.

2.

Nagendra Manjhi Son of Bahadur Manjhi Resident of Village - Bagaura, P.S. - Daraunda, District - Siwan.

3.

Rahul Manjhi Son of Bahadur Manjhi Resident of Village - Bagaura, P.S. - Daraunda, District - Siwan.

4.

Lalu Manjhi Son of Kishore Manjhi Resident of Village - Bagaura, P.S. - Daraunda, District - Siwan.

5.

Pramod Manjhi Son of Kishore Manjhi Resident of Village - Bagaura, P.S. - Daraunda, District - Siwan.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-07-2022 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned APP for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 341, 323, 324, 307, 504/34 of the Indian Penal code.

While the informant was going to temple, all the petitioners in association of other co-accused persons is said to have surrounded him on the way and assaulted him by means of deadly weapons.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29016 of 2021(4) dt.21-07-2022 2/2 It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioners. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent as mentioned in paragraph-3 of the bail application. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and from perusal of the case diary, it appears that the injuries are simple in nature, as such, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in Daraunda P.S. Case No. 31 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) shikha/- U T