Manohar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21311 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-201 Year-2025 Thana- SHEKHPURA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== Manohar Yadav Son of Basdev Yadav @ Vasudev Yadav @ Basadev Yadav Resident of Village- Budhauli, P.S.- Sheikhpura and District- Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Md. Aslam Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-04-2026 Heard Mr.Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Md. Aslam Ansari, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 27.02.2026 in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 201 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 10.07.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 109, 132, 324(4), 125(a), 352 of BNS,2023.
3. Allegation against the petitioner is to prevent the government officials from executing the decree of a Court of law by means of forming an unlawful assembly and assaulting the government officials with common object of deterring them from doing their official duties.
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4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent. The allegation as alleged in the FIR is false and fabricated and the petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. From a bare perusal of the FIR it appears that there is no specific allegation of any assault or overt-act attributed against the petitioner rather there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioner and for the same set of allegation, similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Santosh Kumar and others have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 11.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.60426 of 2025 and prayer for anticipatory bail of the present petitioner has been denied by the said order. The police, after investigation, submitted the chargesheet against the petitioner on 08.03.2026 and the petitioner is in custody since 27.02.2026.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts, petitioner has clean antecedent, similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a Coordinate
3/4 Bench of this Hon'ble Court and there is no specific allegation against the petitioner in the FIR, let the petitioner, above named, be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Sheikhpura P.S. Case No. 201 of 2025, with the following conditions:- (I) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his/her absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his/her bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.
(II) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
(III) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned
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(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Nitesh/- U T