Manoj Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84627 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2021 Thana- MANSAHI District- Katihar ====================================================== Manoj Mandal Son of Late Murari Mandal Resident of Village- Majgama PSPranpur, Dist- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Chandra Shekhar Sharma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Jitendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 05-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mansahi P.S. Case no. 49 of 2021 registered for the offence punishable under sections 341, 447, 323, 379, 435, 427, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1-B) and 27 of the Arms Act.

3. The prosecution case, as stated in the FIR, is that on 24.05.2021, while the informant was present in his office, the accused persons named in the FIR, armed with weapons, arrived there and assaulted him. It is alleged that co-accused Mukesh Malakar and Yadu Mandal assaulted the informant and set his house on fire. It is further alleged that the petitioner Manoj Mandal along with other co-accused persons forcibly took Rs. 50,000/- from the possession of the informant and all the accused persons fired shots with their respective weapons. After the occurrence, the informant

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84627 of 2025(2) dt.05-12-2025 2/2 handed over three empty cartridges and one live cartridges to the police.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing was recovered from possession of the petitioner. There is case and counter case between the parties. The petitioner is a person of clean antecedent. He has further submitted that, on exactly similar footing, co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. Nos. 51574, 37477 and 37320 of 2025.

5. On the other hand, learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJMVI, Katihar in connection with Mansahi P.S. Case no. 49 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the CrPC/482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) Nirmal/- U T