Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Jaiswal vs The State Of Bihar on 3 June, 2025

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Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Jaiswal vs The State Of Bihar on 3 June, 2025

Author: Anshuman

Bench: Anshuman

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34523 of 2025
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-213 Year-2023 Thana- BRAHMPURA District- Muzaffarpur
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                 Mantu Kumar @ Mantu Jaiswal S/O Dharmendra Prasad @ Dharmendra
                 Prasad Jaiswal R/O Village- Amwa, P.S.- Jharokhar, District- East Champaran

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Jitendra Kumar, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   03-06-2025

Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and

learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with

NDPS Case No.29 of 2025 arising out of Brahampura P.S. Case

No.213 of 2023 lodged under Sections 402, 399 and 414 of the

IPC read with Section 8(C)/21(b) of the NDPS Act after

cognizance under Sections 399, 402 and 414 of the IPC read

with section 21(A) of the NDPS Act.

3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged

against 19 named accused persons including petitioner against

whom there is allegation that they were planning to do dacoity

in the night.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the

petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits
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that the petitioner has not been apprehended from the place of

occurrence rather his name has figured in this case only on the

basis of confessional statement of co-accused persons. He

further submits that no offence has been made out against the

petitioner, which has been alleged in the present case.

5. Counsel further submits that nothing has been

recovered from his possession and he is in custody since

20.01.2025 after being remanded and his antecedent is not

clean. There are 4 criminal cases pending against him.

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for

bail.

7. In the present facts and circumstances of this case

and the submissions made above, let the petitioner above

named, be granted bail, but only after framing of charge, if

not framed as well as on being satisfied by the trial court that

the petitioner is not absconding in any of the cases which are

pending against him whose details are mentioned below, on

furnishing bail bonds of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand)

as mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the

satisfaction of Exclusive Special Court-II, (NDPS), Muzaffarpur

in connection with NDPS Case No.29 of 2025 arising out of

Brahampura P.S. Case No.213 of 2023, subject to the following
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conditions as laid down under Section 480(3) of the Bharatiya

Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

8. The details of the cases which are pending against

the petitioner, are as follows:-

i. Darpa P.S. Case No.64 of 2024.

ii. Dhaka P.S. Case No.57 of 2024.

iii. Dhaka P.S. Case No.45 of 2024.

iv. Chiraiya P.S. Case no.60 of 2024.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.)
Prakashmani/-

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