Sudhir Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44507 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-131 Year-2014 Thana- KAUWAKOL District- Nawada ====================================================== SUDHIR MANJHI S/O Prabhu Manjhi R/o village - Mananpur, P.S. - Kawakol, District - Nawada.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pramod Kumar Verma, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 27-10-2021 The present petition is by way of second attempt at the behest of the petitioner for grant of regular bail in connection with S.Tr.No. 18/20 arising out of Kawakole P.S.Case No. 131/14 under Sections 302 and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code inasmuch as the earlier prayer of the petitioner for grant of regular bail was rejected by this Court by an order dated 7.9.2020 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 21042 of 2020.
The case of the prosecution in brief is that the sister of the informant was married with the petitioner herein about 10 years back and the petitioner used to assault the sister of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44507 of 2021(3) dt.27-10-2021 2/2 informant. It is further alleged that the victim has been killed by the petitioner and other accused persons and her dead body has been thrown in a well.
The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is languishing in custody since 27.12.2019 and as far as the trial is concerned, one witness i.e. the informant has been examined and he has turned hostile.
Per contra, the learned APP for the State, Sri Ashok Kumar, has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.
I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and I find that a serious allegation of the petitioner having committed a heinous crime has been levelled and moreover, there is no change in circumstance so as to warrant reconsideration of the prayer of the petitioner for grant of regular bail, thus, the present petition is dismissed. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U T