Birju Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45947 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2025 Thana- PALI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Birju Manjhi, S/o- Late Karu Manjhi, Village- Koshiyava P.S.- Pali DistJehanabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Akbar Ali, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 21-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pali P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025, instituted under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 110 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner and his wife abused and caught hold the informant and co-accused, Ankush Manjhi gave knife blow on the abdomen of the informant. When Santosh Manjhi who came to save him, co-accused Ankush Manjhi also gave knife blow on his abdomen. The occurrence took place due to old dispute between them.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is no specific overt-act of assault attributed towards him.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45947 of 2025(2) dt.21-07-2025 2/2 There is case and counter case between the parties. The injury to the injured is superficial in nature. Co-accused Ankush Manjhi has already been granted anticipatory bail by the learned Court of Incharge District & Additional Session Judge Vth, Jehanabad. Petitioner has two criminal antecedents in which he is on bail and out of the said, one case is under Excise Act. Petitioner undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submission of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jehanabad in connection with Pali P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) rakhi/- U T