BISHWANATH MANJHI And ORS vs STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - A.P.P., ,MANOJ KR MISHRA — Cr.A(DB)/274/2004

Disposed: Contested--Allowed on 06th May 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010120972004

Filing Number

Cr.A(DB)/11311/2004

Filing Date

13-Feb-2004

Registration No

Cr.A(DB)/274/2004

Registration Date

13-Feb-2004

Judge

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

Coram

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE ( 121 )

Sub-Category

Section 374(2) & 389(1) 389(2) ( 16 )

Judicial Branch

Criminal Section

Decision Date

06-May-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Allowed

Last updated 04-Jun-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.BISHWANATH MANJHI And ORS

    Adv. P.C.TRIPATHY,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA, ,AJAY KUMAR PATHAK,AJAY KUMAR PATHAK,B.SARATHI,B.SARATHI,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA,B.SARATHI,B.SARATHI,AJAY KUMAR PATHAK,AJAY KUMAR PATHAK,AWNISH RANJAN MISHRA

  2. 2.Surendra Manjhi

  3. 3.Sant Lal Manjhi

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - A.P.P., ,MANOJ KR MISHRA

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  3. 06-May-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

    The Jharkhand High Court acquitted three appellants (Bishwanath Manjhi, Surendra Manjhi, and Sant Lal Manjhi) of murder charges, finding the trial court committed serious errors in convicting them based solely on an unreliable eyewitness. The court noted that the primary witness's statement was recorded two months after the alleged incident, contradicted the post-mortem findings (which indicated death by strangulation, not assault), and the witness admitted weak eyesight and unfamiliarity with the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  4. 21-Apr-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  5. 07-Apr-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  6. 24-Mar-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  7. 17-Feb-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  8. 17-Feb-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava

  9. 27-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay,hon'ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Kumar SrivastavaView PDF

  10. 27-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Roshan

  11. 27-Jan-2026

    Hearing (On Bail)

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay , Hon'ble Mr. Justice Deepak Roshan

  12. 20-Jan-2026

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  13. 13-Feb-2004

    Case filed

    Registration No. Cr.A(DB)/274/2004

casestatus.in Summary

The Jharkhand High Court acquitted three appellants (Bishwanath Manjhi, Surendra Manjhi, and Sant Lal Manjhi) of murder charges, finding the trial court committed serious errors in convicting them based solely on an unreliable eyewitness. The court noted that the primary witness's statement was recorded two months after the alleged incident, contradicted the post-mortem findings (which indicated death by strangulation, not assault), and the witness admitted weak eyesight and unfamiliarity with the accused. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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