Ramgati Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68762 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-75 Year-2024 Thana- PALIGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Ramgati Manjhi Son of Dev Sharan Manjhi R/vill- Siyarampur, p.s -Paliganj,Distt- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ram Jiban Pd. Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-01-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 304(b), 201, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 02.03.2024 and is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that her was married to Chandan Manjhi and out of the wedlock, two children were born, further the daughter of the informant after marriage was tortured by the accused persons including the petitioner, further on 21.02.2024, the informant was informed that her daughter was ill and was admitted in a hospital but since informant was at Delhi, as such, she asked her family members to rush to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68762 of 2024(4) dt.18-01-2025 2/3 matrimonial home of her daughter and when her family members reached they found the house locked and the accused were absconding, accordingly, the police was informed and the dead body of the deceased was recovered from a sack near Sikariya bridge.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case. It is next submitted that petitioner is not related to the husband of the husband in any manner rather is a co-villager and since he was on friendly term with the husband of the deceased, as such, he has also been implicated in the instant case. It is also submitted that a supplementary affidavit has been filed, where at para-3 it has been specifically pleaded that petitioner has no relation with the husband of the deceased and his family members.
5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Paliganj
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68762 of 2024(4) dt.18-01-2025 3/3 P.S. Case No.75/2024.
7. However, if the learned trial court comes to a conclusion that petitioner after his release is trying to delay the trial in any manner, in that event, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T