Budhu Manjhi @ Raj Kumar Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50517 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2 Year- 2016 Thana -BUNIADGANJ District- GAYA ====================================================== Budhu Manjhi @ Raj Kumar Manjhi son of Late Bengali Manjhi, resident of village- Usaria, Bhui Toli, P.S. Buniyadganj, District- Gaya .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Humayou Ahmad Khan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-11-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 323, 324, 326, 337, 338, 332, 333, 307, 353, 427 and 395 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of Damage of Public Property Act.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that when the informant along with other police personnel was returning after conducting raid, the accused persons started pelting stones over him and others as a result, they have sustained injury and further looted the rifle of the police personnel and fled away. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 31.08.2016. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. No specific

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50517 of 2016 (2) dt.22-11-2016 2/2 allegation has been attributed against the petitioner. General and omnibus allegation has been made against him. The other coaccused persons have been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 13391 of 2016, Cr. Misc. No. 27940 of 2016, Cr. Misc. No. 20126 of 2016, Cr. Misc. No. 22877 of 2016, Cr. Misc. No. 23572 of 2016 and Cr. Misc. No. 25972 of 2016 by another co-ordinate Benches of this Court.

On behalf of the state, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Gaya in connection with Buniyadganj P.S. Case No. 02 of 2016. (Sudhir Singh, J.) Amit/- U T