Jailal Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15701 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-391 Year-2025 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Jailal Mahto Son of Kushhar Mahto Both Resident of Vill. - Macharganwa, P.S.-Kotwa, Dist - East Champaran.

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Jail Kumari Devi @ Jai Kumari Devi W/o Jailal Mahto Both Resident of Vill. - Macharganwa, P.S.-Kotwa, Dist - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sitesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners who apprehend arrest in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 391 of 2025 lodged on 02.11.2025, for the offences punishable under sections 103(1), 80(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution, the F.I.R. has been lodged against seven named accused persons, including the petitioners, alleging therein that the daughter of the informant was killed for non-fulfillment of dowry demand.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. It is further submitted that the petitioners, being the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased, have no role in the alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15701 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 2/2 occurrence and have been falsely implicated in the present case. It is also submitted that the husband of the victim has already surrendered on 21.12.2025 in connection with this case. The antecedents of the petitioners are clean and they undertake to abide by any condition that may be imposed by this Hon'ble Court in the event of grant of bail.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above-named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of 30,000/- ₹ (Rupees Thirty Thousand only) each, as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with the aforementioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Ashwini/- U T