Puran Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25078 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-64 Year-2023 Thana- BANKA District- Banka ====================================================== 1.

Puran Manjhi Son Of Late Jagdish Manjhi Resident Of Village- Degara, PsBanka Distt- Banka 2.

Arjun Manjhi Son Of Late Jagdish Manjhi Resident Of Village- Degara, PsBanka Distt- Banka 3.

Manish Manjhi @ Pritam Kumar So Of Arjun Manjhi Resident Of VillageDegara, Ps- Banka Distt- Banka 4.

Meena Devi Wife Of Arjun Manjhi Resident Of Village- Degara, Ps- Banka Distt- Banka 5.

Chhai Lal Mandal @ Akshay Kumar Son Of Sikandar Mandal Resident Of Village- Degara, Ps- Banka Distt- Banka 6.

Meena Devi Wife Of Puran Manjhi Resident Of Village- Degara, Ps- Banka Distt- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brij Nandad Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uday Chand Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 11-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 308, 354 and 435/34 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the learned court below.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioners caused lathi and rod blow injuries to the informant, her family members. It is further stated that the petitioners disrobed the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25078 of 2023(2) dt.11-07-2023 2/3 informant with intention to outrage her modesty. It is further stated that earlier to his resident, the petitioners set straw of the informant on fire.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that there is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. He submits that there is case and counter case between the parties and both sides have sustained injuries. He further submits that the injuries found upon the victims are simple in nature. He further submits that petitioner no.1 & 2 have got one criminal antecedent and rest of the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as stated in para3 of the bail application. Learned APP for the State opposes for prayer for bail.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and the fact that nature of the injury is simple in nature, let the petitioners, named above, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25078 of 2023(2) dt.11-07-2023 3/3 connection with Banka P.S. Case No.64/2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T