Manoj Mahto And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63886 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2018 Thana- PATAHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Manoj Mahto, Son of Late Aklu Mahto.

2.

Lal Pari Devi, Wife of Manoj Mahto.

Both are resident of Village- Mahmada, P.S.- Patahi, District- East Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Binod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nirmal Kumar Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-06-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No.97 of 2018 registered under Sections 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The accusation is of killing the deceased, the sister of the informant, by her husband and other in-laws for nonfulfillment of the dowry demand. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are parents-in-law of the deceased, the sister of the informant, and in the F.I.R., no specific overt act is attributed to them. Moreover, Bitu Mahto, the husband of the deceased, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63886 of 2018(6) dt.17-06-2019 2/2 sister of the informant, has already been apprehended by the police on 11.06.2018, which would appear from paragraph-24 of the case diary. The petitioners have no criminal antecedents. Having considered the facts and the circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender by them within six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on their furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIII, Motihari, in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No.97 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) P.S./- U