Sujit Mahto @ Sujit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46704 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-908 Year-2022 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Sujit Mahto @ Sujit Kumar S/o- Sitaram Mahto Village- Auraiya Ps DistLakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 908 of 2022 dated 12.11.2022 registered for the offences punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, it is alleged on 11.11.2022, a reception was held at the house of the informant's uncle. After the reception, the informant's mother come back to her home, while the informant stayed there. Later, when the informant returned to his house, he found his mother lying in front of the house, having sustained a gunshot injury on the head. The informant claimed that his mother was murdered by unknown miscreants.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46704 of 2024(4) dt.05-09-2024 2/3
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has surfaced in this case on mere suspicion. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioner has three criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 12.03.2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner. It has been submitted that there was friendship between the petitioner and his mother. The witnesses have stated that there was illicit relationship between the petitioner and the deceased. The witness, Sunil Kumar, brother of the deceased has stated that the petitioner murdered his sister. Para112 and 115 of the case diary reveals that the petitioner abused and threatened one of the witnesses, Raj Kumar Sao to kill him if the case was not withdrawn. It is further submitted that the petitioner also killed the husband of the deceased (Tuntun Sao) in the year of 2019. It is further submitted that the deceased was pressurizing the petitioner to marry her but the petitioner did not want to marry her, due to that he committed murder of his mother.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of offence against the petitioner, this court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same is rejected in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46704 of 2024(4) dt.05-09-2024 3/3 No. 908 of 2022, pending in the Court of leaned Additional Sessions Judge III, Lakhisarai.
7. The application stands rejected.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T