Manikant YadavversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69971 of 2025
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-373 Year-2025 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura
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           1.     Manikant Yadav S/o Late Kripa Lal Yadav R/o Gadhiya, PS- Madhepura,
                  District- Madhepura
           2.    Lilakant Yadav S/o Late Kripa Lal Yadav R/o Gadhiya, PS- Madhepura,
                 District- Madhepura

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Jitendra Kumar Giri
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Umanath Mishra
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   11-02-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and

                   learned APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their

                   arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under

                   Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 303(2), 352, 3(5) of the B.N.S.

                                3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that

                   the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the

                   informant alleges that he was constructing his house over his

                   land when the accused persons including the petitioners came

                   and asked him to stop the construction. On protest, Vijendra

                   gave orders to kill, on which Bipin assaulted the informant by

                   an iron rod causing injury on his head, thereafter Sachindar
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          assaulted the informant by lathi on his head and Ravindar and

          Dinkar assaulted Ramchandra by lathi and rod on his head

          causing injury. Further, other accused persons assaulted Amresh,

          Naresh, Mukesh and Jai prakash by lathi and rod causing injury

          on back, leg, hand and ribs. Thereafter, Sanjay dashed the wife

          of the informant on the ground and thereafter accused Lilakant,

          Uriya Devi, Nitu Devi, Sanjana Devi and Nilu Devi assaulted

          and Lilakant snatched ornaments of his wife and Manikant took

          out of Rs.50,000/- from his pocket.

                       4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that

          petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by

          the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the

          allegation as alleged in the FIR, no specific allegation of assault

          is alleged against the petitioners rather Manikant is alleged to

          have snatched Rs.50,000/- from the pocket of the informant and

          Lilakant is alleged to have snatched the ornaments of the wife of

          the informant. It is next submitted that the allegations are

          ornamental. It is further submitted that on account of dispute

          relating to construction of house over a piece of land, the

          occurrence is alleged to have taken place. It is also submitted

          that Sachindar Yadav along with seven others had approached

          this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.63901
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                         of 2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated

                         23.09.2025. It is next submitted that the case of the petitioners is

                         on a better footing.

                                      5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail

                         application.

                                      6. Considering the submissions made by the learned

                         counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the

                         event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks,

                         are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their

                         furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten

                         Thousand) each 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 Madhepura P. S.

                         Case No.373 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under

                         Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

                                      7. The application stands allowed.



                                                   (Satyavrat Verma, J)
vikash/-

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