Shaket Mahto @ Saket Mahto @ Saket Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17119 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2025 Thana- BARAULI District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.
Shaket Mahto @ Saket Mahto @ Saket Kumar S/o- Late Motilal Mahto Village- Bhadkuiyan PS- Barauli District- Gopalganj 2.
Munna Mahto S/o- Late Motilal Mahto Village- Bhadkuiyan PS- Barauli District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026 Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw the bail application with respect to petitioner no. 2, namely, Munna Mahto, since during the pendency of the present case, he has been arrested.
2. Permission is accorded.
3. Accordingly, the bail application with respect to petitioner no. 2 is dismissed as withdrawn.
4. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner no.1 and learned A.P.P. for the State.
5. The petitioner no.1 apprehends arrest in a case registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 303(2), 74, 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17119 of 2026(3) dt.07-05-2026 2/3
6. As per prosecution case, all the accused persons including the petitioners assaulted the informant and her daughter. It is alleged that co-accused Munna Mahto (petitioner no. 2) outraged the modesty of the informant and also assaulted her with knife blow which hit on her head. Co-accused Manti Devi snatched gold chain from neck of the informant.
7. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner no.1 submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Further submission is that both the parties are close relatives and due to land dispute, a free fight took place between them in which both sides sustained injuries. There is case and counter case between the parties for the same occurrence. He next submits that the injuries to the injured are simple in nature. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.
8. Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the bail application.
9. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, nature of allegation and fair antecedent of the petitioner no. 1, let petitioner no. 1, namely, Shaket Mahto @ Saket Mahto @
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17119 of 2026(3) dt.07-05-2026 3/3 Saket Kumar be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court concerned within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Gopalganj in connection with Barauli P.S. Case No. 209 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T