Santosh Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22880 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-368 Year-2022 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Santosh Mahto Son Of Rajendra Mahto R/V- Bairagi Tola, Ps- Kotwa, DistEast Champaran 2.

Chandan Mahto @ Chandan Kumar Son Of Rajendra Mahto R/V- Bairagi Tola, Ps- Kotwa, Dist- East Champaran 3.

Usha Devi Wife Of Santosh Mahto R/V- Bairagi Tola, Ps- Kotwa, Dist- East Champaran 4.

Baby Devi Wife Of Chandan Mahto R/V- Bairagi Tola, Ps- Kotwa, DistEast Champaran 5.

Laxmi Devi Wife Of Sanjay Mahto R/V- Nandpur, Ps- Sangrampur, DistEast Champaran ... ... Petitioner/S

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/S ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Addl. Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 304 (B), 120B, 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

It is a case of dowry death.

Petitioner nos 1 and 2 are brother of the husband of the deceased, petitioner Nos 3 and 4 are Deyadin of the deceased and petitioner No 5 is Nanad of the deceased.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22880 of 2023(2) dt.06-07-2023 2/2 It is submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioners are separate in mess and business. Thrust of allegation is against the husband of the deceased who is already in custody.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned 10th Additional Chief judicial Magistrate, Moihari, East Champaran in connection with Kotwa P.S Case No 368 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Kaushik/- U T