Patna High Court
Mananjay YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
Bail was granted to the petitioner subject to specified conditions.
Summary
Mananjay Yadav was arrested on 13 October 2025 in connection with a case involving alleged assault on an informant’s family and offences under several sections of the Bihar Negotiable Securities Act and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The petitioner claimed he was falsely implicated and that his brother, a co‑accused, had already been granted bail. The State opposed bail, citing the seriousness of the charges and an additional excise case pending against the petitioner. The court examined the bail petition, the nature of the offences, and the petitioner’s claim of innocence. Considering the circumstances, the court ordered the petitioner’s release on bail with a bond of Rs. 10,000 and two sureties, subject to conditions regarding cooperation, appearance, non‑tampering with evidence, and verification of criminal antecedents.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriateness of granting bail to the petitioner charged with multiple serious offences under the Bihar Negotiable Securities Act and the Arms Act?
- Does the existence of a pending excise case affect the grant of bail in the present matter?
Legislation cited
- Arms Act — s. 27
- Bihar Negotiable Securities Act — s. 109, 115(2), 127(i), 303(2), 3(5), 351(2), 352, 76
Subjects
- bail
- criminal procedure
- assault
- Arms Act
- multiple offences
- verification of antecedents
- conditions of bail
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84073 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-92 Year-2025 Thana- CHAINPUR District- Kaimur (Bhabua)
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Mananjay Yadav Son of Ram Parikha Yadav R/o Village -
Nandgau(Suhawal), P.S. - Chainpur, Dist. - Kaimur(Bhabhua).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tribhuwan Narayan, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 29-01-2026 Heard Mr. Tribhuwan Narayan, learned counsel for the
petitioner and Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since
13.10.2025, in connection with Chainpur P.S. Case No. 92 of
2025, F.I.R. dated 06.03.2025 registered for the offences
punishable under Sections 127(i), 115(2), 109, 303(2), 76, 352,
351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with
other co-accused person has entered into the house of the
informant and assaulted the family members of the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the
present case. He further submits that the allegation as alleged in
the F.I.R. is false and fabricated and the petitioner has not
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committed any offence as alleged in the F.I.R. As per allegation in
the F.I.R. the petitioner and other co-accused person namely
Dhananjay Yadav who happens to be brother of the petitioner has
entered into the house of the informant and assaulted the family
members of the informant and co-accused person namely
Dhananjay Yadav against whom the similar allegation has been
granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated
24.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 37889 of 2025. He further
submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet
against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since
13.10.2025.
5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the
State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner
and submits that the petitioner has participated in the present crime
in question and apart from aforesaid the petitioner carries one
more case of excise matter other that the present one but fairly
submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail petition that the
petitioner is on bail in the pending matter.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,
let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing
bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned
A.C.J.M.-V, Kaimur at Bhabhua in connection with Chainpur P.S.
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Case No. 92 of 2025, subject to the following conditions :-
(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be
properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court
and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on
his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his
bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.
(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the
witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for
cancellation of bail.
(3) And, further condition that the court below shall
verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any
stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal
antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail
bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in
terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for
purpose of or in the name of verification.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
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