Patna High Court
Manvendra Krishna BharatversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Holding
Anticipatory bail was denied to the petitioner.
Summary
The petitioner, Manvendra Krishna Bharat, filed an anticipatory bail application fearing arrest in a case involving multiple offences under the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act, 2023 and Section 66(E) of the Information Technology Act. The FIR alleges that he eloped with an informant, subsequently tortured and threatened her and her mother, and circulated her private photographs on social media to coerce her into withdrawing a criminal complaint and transferring property to him. The petitioner also has three prior criminal convictions. The court examined whether the seriousness of the allegations and the petitioner’s antecedents warranted the grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the nature of the accusations, the threat to the victim’s family, and the petitioner’s criminal record, the court concluded that bail could not be justified. Consequently, the anticipatory bail petition was rejected.
Issues considered
- Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in view of the alleged offences under the B.N.S., 2023 and the IT Act
- Whether the petitioner’s criminal antecedents and the nature of the allegations preclude the grant of anticipatory bail
Legislation cited
- B.N.S., 2023 — s. 248(a), 308(4), 329(3), 351(2), 351(3), 352, 356(2), 74
- Information Technology Act — s. 66(E)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal antecedent
- threat
- cyber harassment
- Bihar Narcotic Substances Act
- Information Technology Act
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83915 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-110 Year-2025 Thana- RAMPUR District- Gaya
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Manvendra Krishna Bharat S/o- Manoj Kumar Banerjee @ Manoj Banerjee
Village - Vivekanand Colony ,Lane no.1 ,Police Line , Bangali Tola , Gawal
Bigha , Bathan , P.s- Rampur , District -Gaya
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Brijmohan Das
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 06-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case,
registered for offence punishable under Sections 329(3), 356(2),
352, 351(2), 351(3), 74, 308(4), 248(a) of the B.N.S., 2023 and
Section 66(E) of I.T. Act.
3. As per F.I.R., this petitioner enticed away informant
and got married with her in the year 2021 and thereafter, started
to torture and misbehave with her, on account of which, the
informant lodged a case against this petitioner and came back to
her Maika. It is further alleged that on 01.03.2025, informant
and her mother were on way to market, in the meantime,
petitioner came there and started misbehaving with mother of
informant and also threatened and told her for registering the
property in his name. It is next alleged that on 02.03.2025, the
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petitioner made the photo of informant viral on the Whatsapp
public group & Facebook and on the same day at about 6 PM,
he along with some unknown persons came to the house of
informant and threatened her family members to withdraw
earlier case and register the property in his favour, otherwise he
would viral private photo & video. Besides this, petitioner has
got three criminal antecedent.
4. Considering the nature of accusation and criminal
antecedent, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is
rejected.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
anay
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