Gulli Manjhi @ Guli Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53378 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-180 Year-2023 Thana- HARSIDHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== GULLI MANJHI @ GULI MANJHI S/O LATE VISHWANATH MANJHI @ BISHWANATH MANJHI R/O VILLAGE- LAUKARIYA, PS. HARSIDHI, DIST. EAST CHAMPARAN ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Damodar Prasad Tiwary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 180 of 2023 dated 16.03.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 147, 148, 149, 341, 337, 338 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons along with some unknown miscreants are alleged to have committed murder of the informant's husband and his dead body was found at Laukariya Sareh.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53378 of 2023(2) dt.25-08-2023 2/2 this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. Nothing incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The co-accused person has already been granted bail by the Bench of this Court vide order dated 21.07.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 41406 of 2023. The petitioner is accused in one more criminal case as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 29.04.2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 180 of 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Alok Verma/- U T