Mani Singh @ Ashwani Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24680 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-193 Year-2024 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Mani Singh @ Ashwani Kumar S/O Sanjay Kumar Singh Resident of VillageDeshrajpur Mahnar, P.S- Mahnar, Distt.- Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Santosh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Perused the case diary.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 193 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Sections 365, 302, 201, 120(b) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant's son went missing on 04.05.2024 after he left his house and since, then, his mobile phone has been switched off and did not return home.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24680 of 2025(4) dt.19-11-2025 2/3 petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Krishna Kumar. Learned counsel further submitted that it is apparent from the confessional statement of the coaccused Krishna Kumar that petitioner has no role in the commission of murder of the deceased and rather the only material against the petitioner is that he was driving the vehicle in which the dead body of the deceased was kept. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in my view, this is not a fit case for anticipatory bail, hence, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

7. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is, hereby, rejected.

8. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24680 of 2025(4) dt.19-11-2025 3/3 prays for regular bail, the same shall be disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T