Karan Manjhi @ Karan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89138 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-78 Year-2024 Thana- HISUWA District- Nawada ====================================================== Karan Manjhi @ Karan Kumar son of Late Karu Manjhi village- Eknar, PsHisua Dist- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Renu Devi Wife of Karu Rajbanshi village- Eknar, Ps- Hisua, Dist- Nawada ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 08-01-2025 Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 78 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 05.02.2024 for the offences punishable under Section 366(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of the POCSO Act.
3. According to prosecution case, with the help of the petitioner and other co-accused persons one Vikram Manjhi has taken away the auther of the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has clean antecedent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89138 of 2024(2) dt.08-01-2025 2/2 petitioner has been made accused in the present case merely on the ground that he is brother of the co-accused person, namely, Vikram Manjhi.
5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, on the other hand, has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the statement of the victim was recorded under Section 164 Cr.P.C. in which she has categorically stated that the petitioner was also involved in the present crime in question.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts that the petitioner is named in the FIR and the victim has supported the case of the prosecution in her 164 Cr.P.C. statement, I am not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 78 of 2024 pending in the court of learned C.J.M., Nawada.
7. Prayer is refused.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) ajay/- U T