IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17574 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-263 Year-2023 Thana- PARSA District- Saran ====================================================== Ganti Kumar @ Mantu Kumar S/o- Pulis Rai R/v- Parsauna Ps- Parsa Dist- Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 18-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No. 263 of 2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. The case of the prosecution in short is that the son of the informant has gone to his maternal uncle’s village on 15.08.2023. On 16.08.2023, one Khushi Kumari informed informant’s niece that the petitioner along with others have killed the son of the informant and the dead body has been concealed in a pond. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17574 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 2/2 offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the nature of allegation is general and omnibus and the post-mortem report will go to show that the Doctor has opined cause of death is Asphyxia due to drowning. The Doctor has found no ante- mortem injury on the person of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and he is in judicial custody since 01.11.2025. 5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial A.C.J.M.-IX, Saran at Chapra in connection with Parsa P.S. Case No. 263 of 2023. durgesh/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T