The State of Bihar through Public Prosecution vs Manoj Kumar — 81/2019

Case under Code of Criminal Procedure Section 378. Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 23rd March 2026.

Case disposed

Cr. Appeal - Criminal Appeal

CNR: BRPA010061572019

Filing Number

3654/2019

Filing Date

25-Mar-2019

Registration No

81/2019

Registration Date

25-Mar-2019

Court

DJ Div. Patna Sadar

Judge

5-Dasj XXI

Decision Date

23-Mar-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 23-May-2026

FIR Details

FIR Number

31

Police Station

Gopalpur

Year

2009

Acts & Sections

Code of Criminal Procedure Section 378

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.The State of Bihar through Public Prosecution

    Adv. P.P. Patna.

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.Manoj Kumar

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 23-Mar-2026

    Copy of Judgment

    Summary The Additional Sessions Court (Patna) dismissed the State of Bihar's appeal against Manoj Kumar's acquittal in an Arms Act case. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal, finding that prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt due to critical evidentiary gaps: the alleged threat victims (father-in-law and wife) were never examined as witnesses, the cartridge was found misfired (non-functional), evidence chain integrity was compromised as the cartridge was never sealed at crime scene, and only police witnesses testified rather than the two independent witnesses present at seizure. The appellate court agreed the prosecution's case suffered substantial defects rendering it wholly unreliable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 23-Mar-2026

    Disposed

    Dasj XXI

  4. 19-Mar-2026

    Judgement

    Dasj XXI

  5. 18-Mar-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  6. 17-Mar-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  7. 12-Mar-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  8. 18-Feb-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  9. 12-Feb-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  10. 20-Jan-2026

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  11. 22-Dec-2025

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  12. 23-Dec-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  13. 09-Dec-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  14. 05-Dec-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  15. 02-Dec-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  16. 25-Nov-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  17. 24-Oct-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  18. 12-Sep-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  19. 21-Aug-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  20. 19-Jul-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  21. 03-Jun-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  22. 01-Jun-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  23. 24-Apr-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  24. 14-Mar-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  25. 01-Feb-2024

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  26. 14-Dec-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  27. 22-Nov-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  28. 03-Oct-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  29. 31-Aug-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  30. 03-Aug-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  31. 06-Jul-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  32. 31-May-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  33. 01-May-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  34. 01-Apr-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  35. 27-Feb-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  36. 13-Jan-2023

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  37. 30-Nov-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  38. 18-Oct-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  39. 08-Sep-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  40. 05-Aug-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  41. 20-Jun-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  42. 10-May-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  43. 07-Apr-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  44. 08-Mar-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  45. 15-Feb-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  46. 19-Jan-2022

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  47. 20-Dec-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  48. 20-Nov-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XXI

  49. 27-Aug-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  50. 08-Jun-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  51. 13-Apr-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  52. 10-Mar-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  53. 08-Feb-2021

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  54. 02-Dec-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  55. 09-Sep-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  56. 23-Jun-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  57. 28-Apr-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  58. 16-Mar-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  59. 14-Feb-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  60. 13-Jan-2020

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  61. 06-Dec-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  62. 15-Oct-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  63. 20-Sep-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  64. 04-Aug-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  65. 05-Jul-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  66. 10-Jun-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  67. 26-Apr-2019

    Hearing

    Dasj XII

  68. 26-Mar-2019

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  69. 25-Mar-2019

    Case filed

    Registration No. 81/2019

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Additional Sessions Court (Patna) dismissed the State of Bihar's appeal against Manoj Kumar's acquittal in an Arms Act case. The court upheld the trial court's acquittal, finding that prosecution failed to prove charges beyond reasonable doubt due to critical evidentiary gaps: the alleged threat victims (father-in-law and wife) were never examined as witnesses, the cartridge was found misfired (non-functional), evidence chain integrity was compromised as the cartridge was never sealed at crime scene, and only police witnesses testified rather than the two independent witnesses present at seizure. The appellate court agreed the prosecution's case suffered substantial defects rendering it wholly unreliable. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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