Santosh Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52542 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2025 Thana- CHEWARA District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== 1.

Santosh Manjhi S/o Sukhdev Manjhi R/o Village - Barari Bigha, P.S - Chewara, District - Sheikhpura 2.

Rajesh Manjhi S/o Bachch Manjhi R/o Village - Barari Bigha, P.S - Chewara, District - Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 24-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in connection with Chewara P.S. Case No. 62 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 109(1), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that co-accused persons were stealing iron from the mine and on raising objection by the guards, other co-accused persons assaulted them by means of lathi-danda and other lethal weapons due to which they sustained injuries and the same was leading by the petitioners along with other co-accused persons.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52542 of 2026(2) dt.24-07-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel for the petitioners also submits that the petitioners are local residents of that place and due to a protest, the petitioners and other villagers have been falsely implicated in this case. It is next submitted that no specific allegation of assault has been attributed against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the injury sustained by the injured are simple in nature. Petitioner no. 1 has got one criminal antecedent and petitioner no. 2 has got no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that other co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 22576 of 2026.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioners, 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. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52542 of 2026(2) dt.24-07-2026 3/3 below/concerned Court in connection with Chewara P.S. Case No. 62 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T