Chandeshwar Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32260 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-182 Year-2020 Thana- SARAIYA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== CHANDESHWAR MAHTO Son of Late Amir Mahto Resident of Village - Basantpur Patti, P.S.- Saraiya, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Nachiketa Jha For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Arun Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-12-2020 Heard Mr. Nachiketa Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. Arun Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State of Bihar. This application for grant of regular bail arises out of Saraiya P.S. Case No. 182 of 2020, registered for the offence punishable under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Petitioner is the father-in-law of the victim. Allegedly, the husband of the victim and the petitioner used to make demand for a golden chain. Allegedly, the victim was killed by hanging.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that the victim appears to have committed suicide and just to attach seriousness to the case, allegation of demand of dowry has been made.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32260 of 2020(2) dt.07-12-2020 2/3 The petitioner is in custody since 21.03.2020. Chargesheet has been submitted. Considering the facts and circumstances and the submission made on behalf of the petitioner, as noted above, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. (West), Muzaffarpur, in Saraiya P.S. Case No. 182 of 2020.

It is directed that the defect(s) in the application, pointed out by the Registry, must be removed within two months.

Since COVID-19 pandemic situation is prevailing, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt following procedure for communication of the present order :- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of the proceedings of virtual Court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail I.D. by the Secretary. (ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail I.D. to the Secretary, which shall be treated to be the authentic copy of the order passed by

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32260 of 2020(2) dt.07-12-2020 3/3 this Court today in the present proceeding.

(iii) Hard copy of the order, duly signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential-office for documentation and future use, if any.

(iv) Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned Court below through e-mail or any other appropriate electronic mode by the Registry.

Let steps be taken by the Registry for uploading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social distancing.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) Pawan/- U T