Manju Marandi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.54949 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2018 Thana- RANIGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== Manju Marandi S/o Bhegan Marandi @ Bhogan Marandi @ Gogan Marandi, Resident of Village- Pachira, Kabragah, Tola Santhal, P.S. Raniganj, DistrictAraria. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anil Prasad Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jagdhar Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons including the petitioner killed the husband of the informant by strangulation.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been made accused due to mistake of fact. It is a case of last seen. There is no eye witness to the alleged occurrence nor there is any other substantive evidence to

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54949 of 2018(2) dt.01-10-2018 2/2 suggest the implication of the petitioner in the present case. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Araria in connection with Raniganj P.S. case No.120 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T