Pramod Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66541 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-355 Year-2020 Thana- MUFFASIL District- West Champaran ====================================================== PRAMOD MANJHI S/O LATE LALLU MANJHI Resident of VillageKharshal No- 01, Musahari Tola, P.S.- Bettiah (Muffasil), District- West Champaran, Bettiah ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Gupta For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 17-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 323, 324, 325, 307, 337, 338, 353, 224, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the learned court below. As per the FIR, about 200-250 persons assembled at the place of occurrence and they pelted stones at the police force in which one constable also got injured and Ravi Prakash received injury on head.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that there is there is no material or

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66541 of 2022(2) dt.17-01-2023 2/2 evidence to connect the petitioner into alleged allegation merely on suspicion. He submits that there is no specific overt act against the petitioner. He further submits that similarly situated other co-accused person has already been granted bail by a bench of this Court vide order dated 27.09.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19384/2022. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.

Learned APP for the State opposes for prayer for bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Bettiah P.S. Case No.355/2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T