IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35382 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-857 Year-2025 Thana- BODHGAYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Nanka Manjhi @ Nanhak Manjhi @ Nanhaka Manjhi S/o Ramdahin Manjhi R/o village- Tekuna, P.S- Bodhgaya, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinod Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tarun Prasad Mandal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 01-06-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case No.857 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 190, 191(3), 115(2), 126(2), 121(1), 121(2) 132, 109 and 352 of the BNS. 3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on the alleged date and time of occurrence, while the informant along with other police personnel went to conduct a raid and apprehended co-accused Lalu Manjhi, in the meanwhile, the villagers, by making an unlawful assembly including this petitioner, created a ruckus and started assaulting the police personnel by means of lathi, danda, and bricks, and succeeded in fleeing away with the apprehended accused person. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35382 of 2026(2) dt.01-06-2026 2/3 4. The learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that, save and except the petitioner is said to be a member of the mob, there is no specific allegation of any overt act. It is co- accused Jitendra Manjhi and Bhutiya Manjhi against whom there is a specific allegation of causing assault over the police personnel. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence; only on account of he being the local resident, his name has been implicated in this case. The petitioner bears fair antecedent and he undertakes that he will fully cooperate in the investigation and the proceedings of the Court. 5. On the other hand, the learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the petitioners have deterred the police officials from discharging their official duty and actively participated in rescuing the apprehended co-accused from police custody. 6. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the omnibus nature of allegation against the petitioner, coupled with his fair antecedent, 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 four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35382 of 2026(2) dt.01-06-2026 3/3 with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case No.857 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. rohit/- (Harish Kumar, J) U T