Birendra Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51371 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-83 Year-2025 Thana- MAJHAULIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== 1.
Birendra Mahto S/o Late Saryug Mahto R/o Village- Sahbajwa, PSMajhauliya, Distt- West Champaran 2.
Gayatri Devi W/o Birendra Mahto R/o Village- Sahbajwa, PS- Majhauliya, Distt- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-08-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 80, 238, 3(5) of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, it is alleged by the informant that marriage of his daughter was solemnized with one Mukesh Kumar Mahto and after marriage, her in-laws started demanding cash of Rs. 50,000/- and one motorcycle by way of dowry. On 01.02.2025 'Gotni' of his daughter namely Munni Devi on phone informed him that his daughter had taken poison. After then informant along with family members gone there and seen funeral of her daughter.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51371 of 2025(3) dt.21-08-2025 2/2 petitioners are the father-in-law and mother-in-law of the deceased respectively and they have falsely been implicated in this case by the informant. Petitioners are separate in mess and property and they are not concerned with the family affairs of the deceased. Petitioners are simply victim of over implication. Thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody. Petitioners have got clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Majhauliya P.S. Case No. 83 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Prakash/- U