Jani Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72844 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2025 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Jani Mahto S/o Ramchandar Mahto @ Ramchandra Mahato Resident of Village - Pakaridayal, Ward No. 05, P.S - Pakaridayal, District - East Champaran, Motihari ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Karandeep Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence under Section 103(1) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant received information that some unknown persons had committed the murder of her daughter and had thrown her body in a nearby maize field.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case merely on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. This petitioner is co-villager of husband of deceased. The petitioner is in custody since 08.05.2025.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72844 of 2025(3) dt.01-12-2025 2/2
5. However, learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the bail petition and submitted that the postmortem report shows that the cause of death is asphyxia due to strangulation caused by a ligature, and the doctor has also found external injuries on the dead body of the deceased. During investigation, ample materials have come to indicate complicity of this petitioner in the occurrence.
6. Considering the nature and gravity of the offence, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same is accordingly rejected.
7. However, since the petitioner is in custody since 08.05.2025, the Trial Court is directed to expedite the trial. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Neha/- U T