Manish Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7067 of 2024, oral judgment dated 10-07-2025 by Justice Chandra Shekhar Jha: petition to quash cognizance order dated 17.10.2023 of CJM Supaul (Supaul P.S. Case No. 517 of 2015, offence under Section 363 IPC) dismissed as devoid of merit; victim recovered during investigation, Section 164 Cr.P.C. statement incriminates petitioner and co-accused (Saharsa Railway Station - Patna - Haryana); prima-facie case upheld; juvenile-status claim left open to be raised before trial court.
What did the court decide?
In view of the victim's recovered status and his incriminating Section 164 Cr.P.C. statement, at least at this stage it cannot be said that no prima-facie case is made out against the petitioner so as to doubt the cognizance order dated 17.10.2023; therefore the order does not require any interference by this Court.