Mannu Rout @ Abhimanu Prasad @ Abhimanu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.26153 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -50 Year- 2016 Thana -NAWADA MUFFASIL District- NAWADA ====================================================== Mannu Rout @ Abhimanu Prasad @ Abhimanu Kumar Son of Late Raghunandan Raut, Resident of Village-Daruara, P.S-Nursarai, DistrictNalanda at Present Amricka Bigha, P/S -Muffashil, District-Nawada. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.M. Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 06-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and the learned A.P.P. for the State.
Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 16.03.2017 in connection with Mofassil P.S. Case No. 50 of 2016 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A), 304(B)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The prosecution case, as lodged by the informant, who is the eldest sister of the deceased, Divya Devi, is that after one month of the marriage of her sister, her husband and other members of the family, including the petitioner, started demanding one golden chain and Rs. one lac and on account of non-fulfilment of the same, her sister
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26153 of 2017 (3) dt.06-07-2017 2/3 has been killed by the accused persons by pressing her neck. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is father-in-law of the deceased and there is only general and omnibus allegation against him along with mother-in-law and mother-in-law has since been granted the privilege of bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 54074 of 2016 on 12.04.2017. It is further submitted that charge-sheet has already been submitted, hence, there is no chance of tampering with the prosecution evidence.
However, learned counsel for the informant submits that the petitioner was also instrumental in causing death of the deceased along with other family members, hence, vehemently opposes the prayer for bail. Learned A.P.P. for the State also opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let the petitioner above named be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J. II, Nawada in connection with Mofassil P.S. Case No. 50 of 2016, subject to the condition that petitioner will appear before the learned
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26153 of 2017 (3) dt.06-07-2017 3/3 Court below during trial on each and every date and failure to appear before the learned Court below on two consecutive dates without assigning any reason will entail cancellation of his bail bonds. .
(Nilu Agrawal, J.) Arjun/- U T