Rohit Manjhi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81163 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2024 Thana- AIRPORT District- Patna ====================================================== 1.

Rohit Manjhi S/O Pardeshi Manjhi Resident of Village- Jadeo Path Musahari, P.S.- Hawai Adda, District- Patna 2.

Satish Manjhi @ Satish Kumar S/O Dhukharan Manjhi Resident of VillageJadeo Path Musahari, P.S.- Hawai Adda, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned APP for the State and perused the case diary.

2. The petitioners seek bail in connection with Hawai Adda P.S. Case No. 84 of 2024, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the informant was told that her husband had been killed by the residents of Musahari. The informant's husband hid in fear in the house of co-accused person but was discovered and brutally assaulted by the petitioners along with other co-accused persons.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81163 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners also submitted that no specific allegation has been attributed against the petitioners rather the same is general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that the petitioners have been arrested only on the basis of suspicion as being neighbour of the co-accused, namely, Naulakha Manjhi. The petitioners are in custody since 16.07.2025. Petitioner no. 1 has got two criminal antecedents in which he is on bail and petitioner no. 2 has got no criminal antecedent. Learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that other co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 29.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 21701 of 2025.

5. Learned APP 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 and taking into account the period of custody undergone by the petitioners, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81163 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 3/3

7. Let the petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Hawai Adda P.S. Case No. 84 of 2024 (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T