Patna High CourtCR. MISC./23878/2023bail granted

Lallu Manjhi @ Ajit Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

2023-05-23Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23878 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-282 Year-2022 Thana- GAYA MUFASIL District- Gaya ====================================================== LALLU MANJHI @ AJIT MANJHI S/O SURESH MANJHI Resident of Village- Kala Basti, Ramna Road, P.S.- Civil Lines and District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No2 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-05-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Gaya Muffassil P.S. Case No. 282 of 2022 dated 01.05.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 363 and 366A of the Indian Penal Code. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the petitioner is of kidnapping the minor daughter of the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23878 of 2023(2) dt.23-05-2023 2/2 case. There was love affair between them. The victim in her statement recorded under section 164 of the Cr.P.C. has stated that she solemnized marriage with the petitioner and at present she is residing in her matrimonial home. The victim is a major girl. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 06.09.2022. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner and submitted that the victim is a minor girl as per the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Gaya in connection with Gaya Muffassil P.S. Case No. 282 of 2022.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T