Patna High Court – Orders
Manoj Sah vs The State Of Bihar on 20 June, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37270 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-151 Year-2017 Thana- MADHUBAN District- East Champaran
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Manoj Sah Son of Kailash Sah Resident of Village- Hariharpur, P.S.-
Madhuban, District- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Aditya Kumar Pandey, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Raj Ballabh Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 20-06-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in
connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 151 of 2017 for the
offence under Sections 188, 143, 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 324,
325, 353, 307, 504, 506 and 120(B) of the I.P.C.
3. As per the prosecution story, due to the accidental
death of a boy, the petitioner and other co-accused persons
numbering 200-300 obstructed the traffic and created problem
of law and order. They also assaulted the police party with lathi,
danda, brick etc. and tried to snatch firearms from the police
personnel who received injuries in this assault.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this
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case by the local police on the instance of his enemies. From
perusal of F.I.R. itself, it is apparent that the petitioner was
neither apprehended at the spot nor any material was recovered
from his conscious possession. Petitioner is man of means and
there is no chance of his absconding and tampering with the
evidence. Learned counsel further submits that one of co-
accused namely Pramod Sah has been granted bail in Cr. Misc.
No. 32019 of 2025 vide order dated 20.05.2025 by a Co-
ordinate Bench of this Court and two other co-accused persons
namely, Birju Chaudhary and Jagdev Chaudhary have been
granted bail in Cr. Misc. No. 23026 of 2025 vide order dated
30.04.2025 by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, this Court is
inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of
arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the fate of
receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-
(Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the
satisfaction of learned Sessions Judge, East Champaran,
Motihari, in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 151 of
2017 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section
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438(2) of the Cr.P.C. and the following conditions:
(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the
petitioner.
(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and
every date fixed by the court below, if so required by the learned
Trial Court.
(S. B. Pd. Singh, J)
Ankit Kumar/-
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