Patna High CourtCR. MISC./77177/2024rejected

Bittu Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

2025-03-22Mr. Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77177 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-163 Year-2024 Thana- SIDHWALIYA District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Bittu Manjhi S/O Ramchandra Manjhi R/O Village- Dangasi, P.S- Singhwalia, Distt.- Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Kumar Chaudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA ORAL ORDER 22-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 363, 366A, 506 and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per allegation in the FIR, it is a case of abduction of the minor daughter of the informant by the petitioner.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. He next submits that specific allegation is against co-accused Ravi Shankar Tiwari and no specific allegation against him. Petitioner has got clean antecedent.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77177 of 2024(3) dt.22-03-2025 2/2

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. On perusal of the first information report, case diary and impugned order dated 21.08.2024, it appears that the statement of the victim recorded under Section 161 of the Cr.P.C. that she made specific allegation against the petitioner and he made sexual relation with the victim and her age according to his educational certification as mentioned in para94 of case diary, the date of birth is 05th August, 2008, so victim is under 18 years, considering all aspects of the case and specific allegation against the petitioner as well as investigation is going on, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

(Ramesh Chand Malviya, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U T