Bad Manjhi @ Badu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73588 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-305 Year-2024 Thana- NAWADA MUFFASIL District- Nawada ====================================================== Bad Manjhi @ Badu Manjhi S/O Late Shukra Manjhi R/O Village- Samai Tola- Tower Par, P.S- Mufassil, Distt.- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Deepak Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 126(2), 115(2), 118(2), 303(2), 125, 352 and 109(1) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, when the informant was returning after borrowing Rs. 30,000/- from Sona Singh and when he reached near the petitioner's house, the petitioner stopped him and started abusing and assaulting and tried to snatch the borrowed money from the informant and on being opposed, he thrashed him on the ground and snatched money. It is further alleged that the petitioner took out a knife and inflicted a blow on his waist, the informant became unconscious, thereafter the petitioner threw a stone on him and considering him dead, he fled away.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73588 of 2024(2) dt.23-10-2024 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The injuries suffered by the injured are simple in nature. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Nawada in connection with Nawada Muffasil P.S. Case No. 305 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T