Manoj Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26019 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-329 Year-2025 Thana- HUSSAINGANJ District- Siwan ====================================================== Manoj Thakur S/o Late Bikrama Thakur Resident Of Village Hathauri, P.O.- Chhapiya Buzurg, P.S.- Hussainganj, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 223(a), 132 and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the F.I.R., 19 co-accused persons including the petitioner and 200-300 unknown persons misbehaved with police force and obstacled them from discharging their official duty.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to dirty local politics. Further submission is that there is no specific allegation of any overt act against the petitioner. The name of the petitioner has been shown only a member of unlawful assembly. Petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence. Similarly situated several co-accused persons have already been granted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26019 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/2 anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 17.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 6398 of 2026. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, nature of allegation, similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail and fair criminal antecedent of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Siwan in connection with Hussainganj P.S. Case No. 329 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T