Manish Manjhi @ Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25023 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- Panchanpur District- Gaya ====================================================== Manish Manjhi @ Manish Kumar, aged about 26 years (Male), S/O Mahendra Manjhi, R/O Village- Barew, P.S- Muffassil, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate Ms. Varsha Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-08-2025 Heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha along with Ms. Varsha Verma, learned counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms. Gulnar Begum, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Panchanpur P.S. Case No. 68/ 2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section 366 A of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the informant has alleged that her minor daughter disappeared from her house and later on a document through post office was received, showing that her daughter and petitioner had solemnized marriage through Notary Public at Jahanabad.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25023 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 2/3 petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and he was in love relationship with the victim and has not forcibly kidnapped her, rather the victim girl willingly went with the petitioner. Statement of the victim was recorded under Section 183 of BNSS in which she has stated that she willingly went with the petitioner and thereafter they married with each-other Petitioner has clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State also vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, the fact that in her statement recorded under Section 183 of BNSS, the victim girl has stated that she willingly went with the petitioner and thereafter they married with each-other, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four 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 A.C.J.M.-VI, Gaya /concerned court in connection with Panchanpur P.S. Case No. 68/ 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
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7. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.
(Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T