Arjun Mahto @ Arjun Mahton v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63609 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2020 Thana- BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== 1.

Arjun Mahto @ Arjun Mahton S/o- Late Jahuri Mahto @ Late Johabe Mahto @ Late Jaharu Mahto @ Late Jahuri Mahton Village- Koriya, P.S-Muffasil, District- Begusarai, P/A- lallu Pokhar W.No-29, Ps- Kashim Bazar DistMunger 2.

Bachhi Devi @ Bachhiya Devi Wife of Arjun Mahto @ Arjun Mahton Village- Koriya, P.S-Muffasil, District- Begusarai, P/A- lallu Pokhar W.No29, Ps- Kashim Bazar Dist- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sandip Kumar Gautam For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Madhura Nand Jha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 13-09-2024 Heard the parties.

2.

Petitioners seek bail in connection with a case registered for offence punishable u/s 498(A), 304(B), 201, 34 of the IPC. 3.

Allegation against the petitioners is that they being the family members of the in-laws have killed the daughter of the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and concealed the dead body.

4.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. No occurrence, in the manner as alleged has ever taken place. They have been falsely implicated in this case due to grudge. There is general and omnibus

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63609 of 2024(2) dt.13-09-2024 2/2 allegation against the petitioners. Petitioner nos.1 and 2 are the cousin father-in-law and cousin mother-in-law of the deceased and they used to live separately from the deceased and her family. Husband of the deceased has been acquitted by the trial court in Sessions Trial No.210/2022. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent and they have been languishing in custody since 14.06.2024.

5.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. 6.

Considering the facts and circumstances of this case, the above named petitioners are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/the Successor Court, in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No.157 of 2020, with the following condition:- (1) The petitioners shall remain physically present in the court on each and every date during trial and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reasons, their bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T