Ram Briksh Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47796 of 2014 (6) dt.29-09-2015
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.47796 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -23 Year- 2014 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- SEKHPURA ====================================================== Ram Briksh Mahto Son of Late Chhotan Mahto Resident of village- Dih Kusumbha, P.S.- Korma, District-Sheikhpura .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ambika Bhagat For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anand Mohan Pd.Mehta(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 29-09-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sheikhpura Mahila P.S. Case No. 23 of 2014 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 149, 302, 307, 323, 441, 498(A), 494 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after many years of marriage, the informant has lodged the present case but learned counsel for the informant submits that opposite party no. 3 is the third wife in the present case and earlier two wives have been done to death by the petitioner and no sooner did she come into her matrimonial home, the petitioner alongwith other family members started torturing since 2009 and also tried to set her on fire, it was only thereafter, opposite party no. 2 has filed
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47796 of 2014 (6) dt.29-09-2015 the present case. It is further submitted by the informant and admitted by the petitioner that he has remarried earlier. The matter was sent for mediation with an interim protection to the petitioner, however, during the course of mediation process, the petitioner absented himself and hence the mediation process became meaningless.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. It is accordingly, rejected.
(Anjana Mishra, J) Jagdish/- U T