Patna High Court
Akhilesh ManjhiversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to bond and surety conditions under Section 482(2).
Summary
Akhilesh Manjhi applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case registered under several sections of the Bihar Narcotic (or related) Act, 2023. He alleged that the informant and his family entered a dance program he organized without tickets, leading to a mutual altercation where both sides inflicted injuries. The petitioner claimed he was falsely implicated and that the injuries to the alleged victim were minor, as shown in the annexure to his bail application. The State opposed the bail. The court, after considering the submissions, held that the allegations suggested a reciprocal fight and that the petitioner could be released on anticipatory bail, subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and the condition of surrender within six weeks, under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriateness of granting anticipatory bail to the petitioner under the circumstances alleged in the FIR?
- Whether the petitioner’s alleged involvement constitutes a false implication warranting bail?
Legislation cited
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- false implication
- assault
- Section 482
- bail conditions
- Criminal Procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1727 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-247 Year-2025 Thana- BODHGAYA District- Gaya
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Akhilesh Manjhi S/O Pragash Manjhi @ Prakash Manjhi R/O Village -
Budhaul (Hardiya Nagar), P.S- Bodh Gaya, District -Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Brijmohan Das, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Ma. Pushpa Sinha, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 10-02-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the
learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2),
115(2), 117(2), 109, 74, 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges
that he along with his family members went to see a dance
programme managed by petitioner, further, petitioner objected
why they were seeing the programme for free and thereafter
started assaulting Lali Manjhi by spade causing injury on his left
hand, finger and head, further, Kamlesh Manjhi, Awadhesh
Manjhi and Vikram Manjhi assaulted Anil Manjhi, Karu Manjhi,
Satiya Devi and Ushri Devi with Lathi and rod and acted
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inappropriately.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the
allegations, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that
informant alleges that he had gone to see a programme
organized by petitioner and when petitioner objected that why
they were seeing the programme for free, the occurrence is
alleged to have taken place. It is submitted that since the
informant and his side had forcefully entered for seeing the
programme without ticket, as such, an altercation took place in
which both sides assaulted each other. It is also submitted that
the injury suffered by the injured alleged to have been assaulted
by the petitioner has been opined to be simple in nature, as
would manifest from Annexure-3 to the anticipatory bail
application.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory
bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, abovenamed, in the
event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks
from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail
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bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties
of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial
court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection
with Bodh Gaya P.S. Case No.247 of 2025, subject to the
conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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