Satya Narayan Mahto And ANR v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.55043 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -55 Year- 2015 Thana -JHANJHARPUR District- MADHUBANI ======================================================
1. Satya Narayan Mahto, S/o Late Laxmi Mahto,
2. Dukhan Mahto, S/o Late Laxmi Mahto, Both are resident of VillageSirkhariya, P.S.- Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani. .... .... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners : Mr. Manish Kumar No 13, Advocate For the Opposite Party : Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad (APP) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 25-01-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel representing the State.
The petitioners want to renew the prayer of bail, which was earlier rejected vide order dated 10.11.2015 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 35161 of 2015 on the ground that the petitioners are in custody since 21.04.2015, the police after adopting third decree method had got confessional statement of the petitioners after recovery of the dead body and, as such, they deserve sympathetic consideration, to which the learned A.P.P. opposes the prayer of bail by submitting that on the basis of disclosure made by the petitioners the dead body of Kaushalya Devi has been recovered. In the facts and circumstances stated above, I am not inclined to reconsider the prayer of the bail, again prayer of the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55043 of 2016 (2) dt.25-01-2017 2/2 bail of the petitioners stands rejected in connection with Jhanjharpur (Arariya Sangram) P.S. Case No. 55 of 2015 (Sessions Trial No.117 of 2016), pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge-1st, Madhubani.
However, considering the detention of the petitioners the learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same preferably within six months taking the same on priority basis, failing which if the petitioners at no fault, they may be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail.
(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J.) Rajiv/- U T