Taha Manjar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CR. MISC./Criminal Miscellaneous No.11068 of 2025; decided 13-10-2025; single-judge bench: Prabhat Kumar Singh (J). Petitioner: Taha Manjar s/o Sakir Ali; Opposite parties: State of Bihar and Pinki Begum. Advocates: Ram Prawesh Kumar (petitioner); Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur, A.P.P. and Mritunjay Kumar (opposite parties). Underlying case: PS Case No.-205, Year-2023, Thana Pothiya/Pothia, District Kishanganj; offences under Sections 498A/307 IPC (allied sections) and Sections 3 & 4, Dowry Prohibition Act. Dispute settled between parties; settlement annexed to mediator's report dated 7.10.2025, uncontroverted by opposite party no.2. Outcome: prayer for bail allowed; on arrest/surrender within six weeks, bail on bond of Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties before CJM Kishanganj, subject to Section 482, BNSS 2023 conditions. No precedent cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, petitioner Taha Manjar to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj in Pothia Police Station Case No. 205/2023, subject to conditions under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.