Mansi Kumari v. The State of Bihar
Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) – Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.4297 of 2024, decided 19-11-2025
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Anticipatory bail denied; criminal appeal dismissed. Patna High Court, CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4297 of 2024, decided 19-11-2025 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J (single member). Appellants/accused: Mansi Kumari; Manish Kumar Patel @ Manish Kumar @ Manish Patel; Sita Devi; Harshit Kumar Patel @ Animesh Kumar — all of Chhatauni Bangali Colony Gali, P.S. Chhatauni, District East Champaran. Respondents: State of Bihar; Manisha Kumari (informant/complainant, field officer, Shubh Laxmi Finance Pvt. Ltd., Village Talwa, P.S. Kotwa, East Champaran). FIR: Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 255 of 2024; offences alleged: IPC Sections 341, 323, 448, 354, 379, 504, 506/34 and SC/ST (POA) Act Sections 3(i)(r)(s); incident dated 19.06.2024, 5:30–6 PM — entry into informant's room, dragging, assault, caste-name abuse, taking away Rs. 19,556/-. Impugned order: rejection of ABP No. 3066 of 2024 dated 16.08.2024 by Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, East Champaran, Motihari. Defence arguments: innocence; incident inside house, not within public view, hence no SC/ST Act offence; ornamental allegations; clean antecedents. Opposing view: revenge assault by appellant no. 1 and family after her removal from employment with the finance company. Result: considering nature and seriousness of accusation, no ground to interfere; appeal rejected. Advocates: Abhishek Kumar (appellants); Binay Krishna, Spl. Public Prosecutor (State); BishwaNath Mahto and Sumit Kr. Gupta (respondent no. 2).