Pappu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31231 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-590 Year-2022 Thana- MADHAURAH District- Saran ====================================================== Pappu Manjhi, S/o- Jawahar Manjhi, R/o Village -Sikti, P.S. Parsa, DistSaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 21-05-2025 Heard Mr. Vijay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Marhowrah P.S. Case No. 590 of 2022 registered for the offence punishable under Section 394 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the informant along with his associate went to deposit Rs. 12,27,900/- in S.B.I. Branch on Hero Honda bike. As soon as they reached 200 yard before Gangapati Cement Store, three persons on a bike parked their bike in front of the bike of the informant and snatched the cash on gun point.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31231 of 2025(2) dt.21-05-2025 2/2 committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. His name has surfaced in this case only on the basis of his confessional statement. It has also been submitted that nothing has been recovered from his possession. No T.I.P. was held. The F.I.R. was lodged against unknown miscreants. Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 22.11.2022.

5. The learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the application for bail and submitted that petitioner is having criminal antecedent of 20 cases.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that save and except the criminal antecedent and confessional statement of the petitioner there is nothing on the record, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. 1st Class, Saran at Chapra in connection with Marhowrah P.S. Case No. 590 of 2022.

(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) lata/- U T