Manoj Thakur @ Manoj Kumar Thakur @ Manoj Kumar Sharma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30863 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2024 Thana- KHUTAUNA District- Madhubani ====================================================== Manoj Thakur @ Manoj Kumar Thakur @ Manoj Kumar Sharma son of Late Kapildev Thakur @ Late Kapil Thakur Resident of village- Murarpatti, Ward No 5, PS -Khutauna District -Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bharat Lal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Khutauna P.S. Case No. 147 of 2024 dated 17.10.2024 registered for the offence punishable under Section/s 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 329(3), 109, 74, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the accused persons, including the present petitioner, entered the Informant's courtyard, abused her, and assaulted her and her mother-in-law with lathi, danda, farsa, fists, and slaps, causing head injuries. It is further alleged that Manoj Thakur (the petitioner) snatched the gold chain of the informant.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that there is a case and counter-case between the parties arising out of the same incident, and that the petitioner is alleged to have caused injury to the informant, Poonam Devi, which has been found to be simple in nature. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner is a person of clean antecedents.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the injuries have been found to be simple in nature, and that the petitioner has clean antecedents and is ready to cooperate in the investigation, let the petitioner, named above, be released on anticipatory bail. in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below 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 learned Judicial Magistrate- 1st Class, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Khutauna P.S. Case No. 147 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. as well as the following
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30863 of 2026(2) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 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 his 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