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Ajeet Kumar Manjhi @ Ajit Kumar Manjhi v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC15 Nov 2025CR. MISC./57625/2025

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Ajeet Kumar Manjhi @ Ajit Kumar Manjhi regular bail; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57625 of 2025 dt.15-11-2025; Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025, Gaya; Section 309(4) BNS; alleged looting of Rs.1,50,000/- with scooty and mobile near Bara Pul; petitioner not named in FIR; charge-sheet submitted; custody since 23.05.2025; bail bonds Rs.10,000/- with two sureties; conditions on appearance and witness tampering; ACJM-V Gaya; Justice Sunil Dutta Mishra; APP Renu Kumari; Advocate Ajit Ranjan Kumar.

What did the court decide?

Petitioner released on regular bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-V, Gaya, in Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025, subject to conditions of appearance before the Trial Court and non-tampering with witnesses/evidence. ¶20

Ajeet Kumar Manjhi @ Ajit Kumar Manjhi Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, booked under Section 309(4) BNS in Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025, should be released on regular bail.

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Court's answer

Considering the facts and circumstances, submissions of counsel and the period of custody, the Court ordered release of the petitioner on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-V, Gaya.

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Ratio / Principle

Bail condition (i): the petitioner must appear on each and every date before the Trial Court; failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bonds by the Trial Court itself.

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Key takeaways

Bail condition (ii): the petitioner shall not induce, promise or threaten witnesses or tamper with evidence, failing which the State may take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds.ratio¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.), Criminal Miscellaneous No.57625 of 2025, decided 15-11-2025: Regular bail granted to the petitioner arraigned under Section 309(4) of the BNS in Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025, District Gaya, arising out of an allegation that four persons looted Rs.1,50,000/- along with a scooty and mobile from the informant near Bara Pul. Counsel for the petitioner urged that the petitioner was not named in the FIR, nothing was recovered from his conscious possession, no Test Identification Parade was conducted, the charge-sheet stood filed, and he had been in custody since 23.05.2025 with clean antecedents. Considering the facts, submissions and period of custody, the Court directed release on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two like sureties to the satisfaction of the ACJM-V, Gaya, imposing conditions: mandatory appearance on every trial date (default on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation by the Trial Court itself) and abstention from inducing, promising or threatening witnesses or tampering with evidence, failing which the State may seek cancellation of the bail bonds.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57625 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2025 Thana- CHAKAND District- Gaya

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Ajeet Kumar Manjhi @ Ajit Kumar Manjhi, S/O Late Mundrika Manjhi @ Munik Manjhi, Resident of Mohalla- Vinoba Nagar, P.S.- Magadh Medical, Dist.- Gaya

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance :

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For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP

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====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER

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4 15-11-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

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The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025 for the offence registered under Section 309 (4) of the BNS.

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As per the prosecution case, four persons looted Rs.1,50,000/- along with the scooty and mobile from the informant near Bara Pul when he was coming to his house at Panjabi Colony.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case on the basis of suspicion. Further submission is that petitioner is not named in the FIR. So far as the mobile phone

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57625 of 2025(4) dt.15-11-2025 2/3

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recovered from possession of the petitioner, is purchased by the petitioner. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He has never put on Test Identification Parade. Charge-sheet has already been submitted after completion of investigation and there is no chance of his absconding or tampering with the evidence. Petitioner has clean antecedent. Petitioner is in custody since 23.05.2025 and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

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Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner.

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Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the submissions of learned counsel for the parties and period of custody, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-V, Gaya, in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 142 of 2025 with further conditions:-

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(i) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bonds by the Trial Court itself;

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(ii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57625 of 2025(4) dt.15-11-2025 3/3

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promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidence, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds.

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(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)

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khushbu/-

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Ajeet Kumar Manjhi @ Ajit Kumar Manjhi v. The State of Bihar

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