Surendra Manjhi @ Shailendra Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.39198 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -324 Year- 2014 Thana - WAJIRGANJ District- GAYA ===================================== Surendra Manjhi @ Shailendra Manjhi, son of Late Butta Manjhi @ Baleshwar Manjhi, resident of village- Dema, Police Station- Mohanpur, District- Gaya.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ===================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Amrendra Prasad, A.P.P. ===================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-09-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Public Prosecutor for the State. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Wazirganj P.S. Case No.324 of 2014, disclosing offences under Sections 395 and 412 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioner, submits that the petitioner has been implicated in this case on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused. He further submits that the other persons, who came to be implicated on the basis of such confessional statement, have been granted the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39198 of 2015 (2) dt.28-09-2015 2/2 privilege of anticipatory bail by orders, dated 20.08.2015, passed in Cr. Misc. No.33005 of 2015 and 27.05.2015, passed in Cr. Misc. No.4553 of 2015. In view of the contention that similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail, this application is allowed. Let the petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No.324 of 2014, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Praveen-II/- U T