Shiv Shankar Mahto @ Ramashankar Mahto And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.48038 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -272 Year- 2017 Thana -SONEPUR District- SARAN ======================================================

1. Shiv Shankar Mahto @ Ramashankar Mahto, son of Late Birbal Mahto,

2. Dewanti Devi, wife of Shiv Shankar Mahto @ Ramshankar Mahto, Both are resident of village-Chitrasenpur, P.s. Sonpur, District-Saran at Chapra.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Singh For the Opposite Party/s: Mr. Amrendra Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 11-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Sonpur P.S. Case no. 272 of 2017, registered under Section 304 (B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The accusation is of killing of the daughter of the informant by hanging due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry by the husband and other in-laws of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased. Further submission is that, in fact, deceased committed suicide due to quarrel with her husband and with ulterior motive, the petitioners have also been implicated in this case. Moreover, the husband of the deceased is in custody.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.48038 of 2017 (2) dt.11-10-2017 2/2 Having regard to 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 learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the A.C.J.M-I, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonpur P.S. Case No. 272 of 2017, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) manish/- U T