Rajeshwar Paswan @ Rajeshwar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30874 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-283 Year-2025 Thana- RAGHUNATHPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.
Rajeshwar Paswan @ Rajeshwar Manjhi S/O Late Shyam Bihari Paswan Resident of vill-Nikhti Kala, P.S- Raghunathpur, Dist- Siwan 2.
Chhotan Manjhi @ Chhotan Kumar Manjhi S/O Late Shyam Bihari Paswan Resident of vill-Nikhti Kala, P.S- Raghunathpur, Dist- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms.Kumari Anupam, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Abhay Kumar Roy, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 283 of 2025 dated -10.11.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 115(2), 109, 351(2), 352, 303(2) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 09.11.2025 at about 3:00 PM, the accused persons including the petitioners variously armed with lathi, danda, katta, rod, sword and knife assaulted the informant with intention to kill, causing head injuries, and also snatched the gold chain of his wife when she
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30874 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/3 came to rescue him.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the present case. There is a case and counter case between the parties in which both sides have sustained injuries. It is next submitted that the allegation of assaulting the Informant is against the petitioners while only one injury is said to have been sustained which was found to be simple in nature. It is next submitted that the petitioner no.1 has no criminal antecedent while petitioner no.2 bears one antecedent in which he is on bail.
5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that for the same incident, there is a case and counter-case between the parties in which both sides sustained injuries, and further considering that the injury caused to the informant has been found to be simple in nature, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30874 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 3/3 like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, I, Siwan in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 283 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. as well as the following conditions:
(i) One of the bailors should be the family member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document / personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of their bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds.
(Ajit Kumar, J) rishi/- U T