Mantu Singh @ Mantu Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79974 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-221 Year-2025 Thana- MOHANPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Mantu Singh @ Mantu Kumar Singh S/O Govind Singh R/O Village - Koshila, Tola Jayram Bigha, P.S- Magadh University,Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 11-12-2025 Heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mohanpur P.S. Case No. 221 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 10.06.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 121(1), 121(2), 132, 109 of B.N.S., 2023.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with other co-accused person attacked the informant and other police forces with sticks, bricks and stone at the time of raiding illegal mining of sand due to which they received injuries and one tractor was seized with loaded sand.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79974 of 2025(2) dt.11-12-2025 2/3 present case. He further submits that from perusal of the F.I.R. it appears that there is general and omnibus allegation against all the accused persons including the petitioner and petitioner is a labour and he is not the owner of the seized tractor/vehicle and he has no role at all in the present occurrence and also he has not involved in any illegal mining of sand as alleged in the F.I.R.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and apart from that the petitioner carries one more case of similar nature other than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail petition that the petitioner is on bail in the pending matters.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case that there is no specific allegation in the F.I.R. and petitionr is not owner of the tractor/vehicle in question, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-II, Sherghati, Gaya in connection with Mohanpur P.S. Case No.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79974 of 2025(2) dt.11-12-2025 3/3 221 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/ Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023 and with other following conditions :-

(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(3) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T