Manish Kumar Puri @ Manish Puri v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66335 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-46 Year-2024 Thana- HATHUA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.
Manish Kumar Puri @ Manish Puri Son of Biresh Kumar Puri R/O Machhagar, Jagdish, P.S.- Hathua, Dist.- Gopalganj. 2.
Ritesh Kumar Puri @ Nitesh Puri Son of Biresh Kumar Puri R/O Machhagar, Jagdish, P.S.- Hathua, Dist.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State Of Bihar BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sumit Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Shailendra Kumar For the Informant :
Ms. Poonam Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Hathua P.S. Case No. 46 of 2024 dated 12.03.2024 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 147, 148, 149, 326, 307, 302 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons armed with various weapons are alleged to have assaulted the informant's husband and the co-accused Bullet Puri threw acid on his face on the issue of parking of the vehicle.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66335 of 2024(5) dt.19-09-2025 2/3
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. There is case and counter case between the parties and both sides sustained injuries. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. The specific allegation of throwing acid is against the co-accused Bullet Puri. As per the postmortem report, the external examination of the deceased is mentioned as:- Rigor mortis present in all four limbs, both eye closed, Mouth open and bleeding from right side, Right ear bleeding present, Lacerated wound of size- 0.5 cm 0.
5 cm x skin deep on right ear, bruise of size 3cm x 2cm on right arm, lacerated wound of size 3cm x 1cm x skin deep on right hand, lacerated wound of size 4cm x 1cm x skin deep on right leg and left knee swelling of size- 3cm x 2cm and dislocated. As per the external examination no any acid injury was found on the deceased and the cause of death is head injury caused by impact of hard and blunt substance. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioners.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66335 of 2024(5) dt.19-09-2025 3/3
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned court concerned, Gopalganj in connection with Hathua P.S. Case No. 46 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition/s:- (i) The petitioners are directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioners are liable to be cancelled.
7. This application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T