Muneshwar Jha @ Manikant Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72808 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-89 Year-2023 Thana- RAJNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.

Muneshwar Jha @ Manikant Jha Bhubneshwar Jha @ Bhuneshwar Jha @ Bhuvneshwar Jha R/o - Simari Satghara Patratol, Ward No.13, P.S - Raj Nagar, District - Madhubani 2.

Sarita Devi W/o- Muneshwar Jha @ Manikant Jha R/o - Simari Satghara Patratol, Ward No.13, P.S - Raj Nagar, District - Madhubani 3.

Sumant Jha Son of Muneshwar Jha @ Manikant Jha R/o - Simari Satghara Patratol, Ward No.13, P.S - Raj Nagar, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 22-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 89 of 2023 instituted for the offences under Sections 143, 341, 323, 307, 354A, 379, 448, 427, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, the FIR named accused persons along with some unknown persons armed with various weapons came at the place of occurrence and started to assault the informant with an intention to kill him due to which he sustained injury on his head. They also assaulted the nephew of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72808 of 2024(3) dt.22-11-2024 2/3 the informant with khanti. When two daughters of the informant came there, the accused persons caught her hair and thrown her down on the ground. They also torn her cloths and made her naked. It is also alleged that the accused persons also snatched the golden Dholna, golden ear-top and mobile from her possession.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that general and omnibus allegation has been made against the petitioners. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioners. There is case and counter case between the parties. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners have one criminal antecedent. The co-accused persons have already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 01.10.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 66221 of 2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioners.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, claim based on parity, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the lower court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72808 of 2024(3) dt.22-11-2024 3/3 anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Rajnagar P.S. Case No. 89 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T