Kanhai Mahto @ Kanhaiya Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79243 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2025 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Kanhai Mahto @ Kanhaiya Kumar S/O Late Ashok Mahto Resident Of Village - Pakaridayal, P.S- Pakridayal, Dist.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pravin Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shaheen Begum , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 103 (1) of BNS. 3 . As per the prosecution case , informant namely, Chandrajyoti devi alleged that on 04.04.2025 , she came to know that some unknown miscreants committed murder of daughter of informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R.. Petitioner is brother-in -law of the deceased. The name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation in the confessional statement of coaccused namely, Shatrudhan Kumar and Jai Mahto . Except confessional statement, there is no other material available on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79243 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 2/2 record to show the involvement of this petitioner in the alleged occurrence . Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submitted that petitioner is own brother-in -law of the deceased. Post mortem report goes to show that death was caused due to strangulation and several external injuries were found over the dead body of the deceased.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and gravity of offence , prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T