Kapil Manjhi @ Kapil Kumar @ Gadar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29101 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-153 Year-2025 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Kapil Manjhi @ Kapil Kumar @ Gadar Manjhi S/o Late Ram Chandra Manjhi R/o Village - Dakhingapm, Tola- Gadhwa, P.S - Wagirganj, District -Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
Earlier the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner was rejected
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 137(2), 140(3), 96 and 3(5) of BNS.
3 . The prosecution case in brief, is that on 04.03.2025 at about 11:00 AM, minor daughter of informant went to market but she did not return . During search, informant came to know that co-accused Chhotu Manji @ Gadar Manji kidnapped the victim. It is further alleged that when informant went to the house of accused persons to inquire about the incident, he came
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29101 of 2026(3) dt.25-06-2026 2/3 to know that co-accused Chhotu Manjhi is traceless for the last 4 to 5 days. Informant believes that these petitioners assisted coaccused Chhotu Manjhi in kidnapping of his minor duaghter.
4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged. Petitioners have been made accused in this case because they are family members of co-accused Chhotu Manjhi, who allegedly kidnapped the daughter of informant. During investigation, victim was recovered and her statement was recorded under section 183 of BNSS in which she denied the factum of kidnapping and categorically stated that she on her own volition had gone with this petitioner to Tamil Nadu and thereafter, both of them solemnized marriage and living together as husband and wife and out of wedlock she gave birth to one child aged about 2 months. Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .
6 Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioner and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29101 of 2026(3) dt.25-06-2026 3/3 like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Gaya in connection with Wagirganj P.S. Case No. 153 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 .
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