IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73563 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2022 Thana- KARAKAT District- Rohtas ====================================================== Munna Yadav @ Munna Kumar Son of Shobhan Singh R/O Vill.- Bengsagar, P.S.- Karakat, Dist.- Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Manoj Kumar Son of Uma Shankar Sharma R/O Vill.- Bengsagar, P.S.- Karakat, Dist.- Rohtas. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binod Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP For the O.P. No.2 : None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 3 07-03-2025 Notice has been issued to O.P. No. 2 and Vakalatnama has also been filed on behalf of O.P. No.2 but nobody appeared on behalf of O.P. No.2. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 3. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 341, 323, 325, 354A, 427, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC and 12 of POCSO Act. 4. As per prosecution case, the petitioner along with other co- accused persons came near informant's sister and started teasing and misbehaving with her. On objection, the petitioner assaulted the infomant and other co-accused person assaulted the mother of the informant and snatched golden chain worth Rs.60,000/- from the neck of the informant's mother. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73563 of 2024(3) dt.07-03-2025 2/2 5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. No statement of victim under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. has been made to demonstrate the alleged occurrence committed by the petitioner. It is submitted that the occurrence took place on 14.08.2022 but FIR was lodged on 29.08.2022, which creates serious doubt on the prosecution story. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para 3 of the bail application. 6. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. 7. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and the delay in lodging the FIR, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Karakat P.S. Case No.156 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. priyanka/- (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) U T