Prashant Kumar @ Manjhla Babu @ Prabhat Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24860 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-404 Year-2025 Thana- NARHATT District- Nawada ====================================================== 1.

Prashant Kumar @ Manjhla Babu @ Prabhat Singh S/o Ashok Singh R/o Village - Gajrachatar, P.S. - Narhat, District - Nawadah. 2.

Chandra Shekhar Kumar @ Shekhar Singh S/o Ashok Singh R/o Village - Gajrachatar, P.S. - Narhat, District - Nawadah. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Dr. Indiwar Kumari, APP For the Informant : Mr. Vibhuti Ranjan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 30-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the informant, while learned A.P.P. for the State through virtual mode.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109, 117(2), 74, 303(2) and 352 of the B.N.S.

3. All the F.I.R. named accused persons including these petitioners variously armed by forming an unlawful assembly are said to have entered into the house of the informant, assaulted the family members and also committed indecent behaviour with one Rinku Devi. They also took away Rs.20,000/- cash from a box and earrings of Rinku Devi.

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4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the present case arises out of a land dispute among the Gotiyas and with regard to the same incident cases have been filed from both sides. Learned counsel for the petitioners points out to Annexure-P/2, which is the case filed on behalf of the petitioners and is earlier in point of time and Annexure-P/4 is the injury report of both the petitioners indicating that petitioner no.2 has received grievous injury on the forearm by hard and blunt substance. So far as the injury caused to the grandson of the informant is concerned, the same is no-doubt grievous in nature but it relates to index finger, which is a nonvital part of the body. So far as the other injury is concerned, the grievous injury suffered by her is on the forearm and the right shoulder, that too, caused by hard and blunt substance. As a matter of fact, there was free fight between the parties wherein both sides sustained injuries.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail on the grounds of allegations made in the F.I.R.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and also considering the fact that the dispute is between the two Gotiyas and there are cases on both the sides, coupled with the fact that the grievous injuries have been sustained by both

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24860 of 2026(2) dt.30-04-2026 3/3 the sides, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned lower Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Narhat P.S. Case No.404 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/482

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