Mantu Mahto @ Mantu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76773 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-237 Year-2024 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Mantu Mahto @ Mantu Kumar, S/O Ganesh Mahto, Resident of VillageNathanpura, P.S- G.B. Nagar, Distt.- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ajay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 24-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. Case No.237 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code .
3. The case of the prosecution is that on 17.5. 2024 at about 5:00 A.M., the minor daughter of the informant aged about 17 years was found hanging on a shisham tree at N.H. 227A. It has been alleged that co-villager has Mantu Mahto has killed the daughter of the informant in connivance with 5-6 associates and with a purpose to conceal the evidence dead body has been hanged on the tree.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76773 of 2024(3) dt.24-01-2025 2/3
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that during course of investigation, it has come that the deceased was having affair outside marriage with with petitioner. It has also come that the family members of the deceased have fixed her marriage somewhereelse due to which, she was in stress. It has also been aruged by the learned cousel for the petitioner that police has already submitted chargesheet under Section 306 of the I.P.C. From perusal of the case diary, it transpires that there is no positive evidence against the petitioner except the assumption that he might have committed the murder. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 12.06.2024.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76773 of 2024(3) dt.24-01-2025 3/3 of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-IV, Siwan in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. Case No. 237 of 2024.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) lata/- U T