Patna High Court

Mahendra Manjhi @ Manish ManjhiversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 15 January 2026
Disposal: D.F.D. FOR NON APPEARANCE
Bench: SATYAVRAT VERMA

Holding

The anticipatory bail application was dismissed due to the petitioner's non‑appearance and failure to remove the identified defects.

Summary

Mahendra Manjhi applied for anticipatory bail in a criminal miscellaneous case. The Registry had identified defects in the application and granted the petitioner two weeks to rectify them, but the defects were not remedied. No counsel appeared on behalf of the petitioner, leading the court to infer that the petitioner had lost interest in pursuing the matter. Consequently, the court dismissed the anticipatory bail application on the ground of non-prosecution. The order was pronounced by Justice Satyavrat Verma.

Issues considered

What is the effect of a petitioner's failure to appear and rectify procedural defects on an anticipatory bail application?

Subjects

anticipatory bail
non‑appearance
procedural defect
criminal procedure
bail jurisdiction

Judgment

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72986 of 2025
                         Arising Out of PS. Case No.-309 Year-2022 Thana- GOPALPUR District- Patna
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                   Mahendra Manjhi @ Manish Manjhi S/o- Late Rajendra Manjhi Village-
                   Manoharpur Kachhuara PS- Gopalpur, Dist- Patna

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

                                                          ... ... Opposite Party/s
                   ======================================================
                   Appearance :
                   For the Petitioner/s     :       None
                   For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Anil Kumar, APP
                   ======================================================
                   CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                         ORAL ORDER

4     15-01-2026                   None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Learned APP

                     is present.

                                   2. The learned APP submits that the case was taken up

                     on 12.11.2025 when two weeks’ time was granted to the

                     petitioner to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the Registry

                     but then the defect(s), till date, has not been removed.

                                   3. Since no one appears on behalf of the petitioner, it

                     appears that petitioner has lost interest in the case.

                                   4. The instant anticipatory bail application is

                     dismissed for non-prosecution.


                                                (Satyavrat Verma, J)

Sanjay/-

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