Santu Singh @ Manish Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal of bail application; liberty to surrender before District Court and seek regular bail; same-day consideration of fresh bail application on investigation material; insulation from earlier rejection order dated 25.04.2024; PS Case No. 244/2023, Athmalgola, Patna; Patna High Court Cr. Misc. No. 6018 of 2026; order dated 05-05-2026; Purnendu Singh, J.; advocates Manoj Kumar Pandey (petitioner) and Zainul Abedin, APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned District Court and seek regular bail; the learned District Court directed to consider the bail application on the same day, on the basis of material gathered in the course of investigation, without being prejudiced by the earlier rejection order dated 25.04.2024 and the observations made therein. ¶19