Harkho Mahto @ Harkhoo Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.12493 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -285 Year- 2016 Thana -GAYA MUFFSIL District- GAYA ====================================================== Harkho Mahto @ Harkhoo Mahto, Son of Late Shanker Mahto, Resident of Village- Budhgere, Police Station- Mufassil, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kumar Dhirendra Pratap Singh, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Gopesh Kumar, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 08-04-2017 Heard both sides.

The petitioner seeks bail in Mufassil P.S. Case No. 285 of 2016, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 328, 307 and other Sections of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Anjali Kumari the informant alleged that she was married with Pintu Kumar in the year 2014, but her husband and other in-laws started torturing her. The informant alleged that her husband and other in-laws caught her and her husband put some obnoxious substance in her mouth and she became unconscious. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is father-in-law of the informant. The informant, herself, consumed Phenyl and she does not want to live with her husband.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12493 of 2017 (3) dt.08-04-2017 2/2 The informant was brought to hospital from where the doctor found smell of Phenyl coming out from her mouth. The petitioner brought the informant to hospital and informed her father and other relatives.

On the other hand learned counsel for the informant as well as the learned APP vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Having considered the facts and nature of allegations made against the petitioner and the fact that the petitioner being father-in-law of the informant is in jail since 14.11.2016, the petitioner above named is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in Mufassil P.S. Case No. 285 of 2016. (Prabhat Kumar Jha, J.) KKSINHA/- U T