Manoj Kumar @ Manoj v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89917 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2025 Thana- CHANAN District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== 1.
Manoj Kumar @ Manoj S/O Shatrudhan Singh R/o vill.- Shringaarpur, P.S.- Suajgarha, Distt- Lakhisarai 2.
Shatrudhan Prasad Singh S/O late Jhingan Singh R/o vill.- Shringaarpur, P.S.- Suajgarha, Distt- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jyoti Ranjan Jha, Adv.
Ms. Shrishti Rani, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard Ms. Shrishti Rani, learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Chanan P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 for the offence registered under sections 140(3) and 61(2) of BNS.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that her son went to the school but failed to return. Later, came the telephone that the amount his father has taken has to be returned or the boy will be killed. This followed the FIR.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submit that only on suspicion that her son has been kidnapped, the FIR. Though the boy who returned subsequently also made allegation, since they are close to each other, good sense prevailed upon them and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89917 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 they have already preferred a petition dated 18.09.2025 that they have amicably settled the matter. The last submission is that both the father-son do not have criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail submitting that allegation of kidnapping is against these petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the fact that these petitioners have no criminal antecedent, a petition is there on record having signatures of the informant to show that they have amicably settled the matter, case is there, the petitioners will be facing the music, in that background, this Court is inclined to grant them the anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioners in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-1st, Lakhisarai in connection with Chanan P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (i) one of the bailor should be the family members/relatives of the petitioners, who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Driving License, Voter ID) to show his bona fide;
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89917 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 (ii) the petitioners shall appear on each and every date before the Trial court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself;
(iii) the petitioners shall appear before the concerned police station every month for next six months to mark attendance and at the end of the period, the certificate be submitted to the Court;
(iv) the petitioners shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioners shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Vijay Singh/- U T