Gautam Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66172 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-593 Year-2023 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== 1.

Gautam Manjhi S/o Sudarshan Manjhi Resident of village- Tejpurwa, P.SMuffasil, District - Saran 2.

Rajeev Manjhi @ Rajeev Kumar S/o Sudarshan Manjhi Resident of villageTejpurwa, P.S- Muffasil, District - Saran 3.

Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Kumar Manjhi S/o Shiv Devan Manjhi Resident of village- Tejpurwa, P.S- Muffasil, District - Saran 4.

Shashikant Kumar @ Shashi Kumar Manjhi @ Shanshikant Kumar S/o Shiv Devan Manjhi Resident of village- Tejpurwa, P.S- Muffasil, District - Saran 5.

Govind Kumar Manjhi S/o Shiv Devan Manjhi Resident of villageTejpurwa, P.S- Muffasil, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Mili Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No. 593 of 2023, registered under Sections, 341, 323, 326, 307, 504, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66172 of 2024(2) dt.01-10-2024 2/3 petitioners along with other co-accused persons abused and assaulted the informant by means of rod, danda and pipe causing injury to him and also snatched Rs.12,860/- from him.

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 no specific allegation has been attributed against the petitioners. The allegations levelled against the petitioners are general and omnibus in nature. The injury caused to the informant is simple in nature. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused have been granted anticipatory bail by the Court below. The petitioners have got no criminal antecedent.

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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Chapra Muffasil P.S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66172 of 2024(2) dt.01-10-2024 3/3 Case No. 593 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T