Nand Kishore Mehta@Nand Lal Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53444 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-246 Year-2021 Thana- AURANGABAD TOWN DistrictAurangabad ====================================================== NAND KISHORE MEHTA@NAND LAL MEHTA SON OF SIKANDAR MAHTO R/O MOHALLA- SHAHID NAGAR BEHIND TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOL SHAHPUR, P.S.- TOWN, DISTRICTAURANGABAD BIHAR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Alka Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar Singh Mr. Kamlendra Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner the State and the informant.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 498A, 304B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and u/s 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. As per the prosecution case, this petitioner along with other accused persons killed the daughter of informant in connection with demand of dowry.

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that petitioner is father-in-law of the deceased. There is general and omnibus allegation against this petitioner and no specific allegation has been made against him. Thrust of accusation is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53444 of 2021(2) dt.02-12-2021 2/2 against, Vivek Kumar, husband of the deceased, who is in custody. Petitioner is in custody since 27.06.2021 and charge sheet has already been submitted in this case. Learned counsel appearing for the State and the informant opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that petitioner along with other accused persons tortured the victim and thereafter committed her murder for demand of dowry within one and half years of her marriage.

Considering the facts of the case and the period of custody of the petitioner, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Aurangabad (Town) PS case No. 246/2021. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) BKS/- U T