Patna High CourtCR. MISC./85134/2025bail granted

Akhilesh Mahto @ Akhilesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-01-06Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.85134 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2025 Thana- KATHAIYA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Akhilesh Mahto @ Akhilesh Kumar S/O Anil Mahto R/O Village- Dora Chhapra, P.S- Kathiya, Distt.- Muzaffarpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs. Bela Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nityanand , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 80 and 3 (5) of BNS. 3 . It is a case of dowry death . As per prosecution case , informant namely, Nawal Kishor Mahto alleged that his daughter was married to co-accused Pankaj Kumar Mahto, 7 years ago. After the marriage , she was subjected to cruelty and torture by all the accused persons named in the F.I.R., including this petitioner due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry Ultimately, all accused persons killed daughter of informant for dowry .

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that Petitioner is distant relative of the deceased. He is simply victim

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.85134 of 2025(2) dt.06-01-2026 2/2 of over implications. He is separate in mess and property and has got no concern with the affairs of couple . Thrust of accusation is against husband of the deceased who is already in custody since 30.07.2025 . Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposed the bail petition .

6 Considering the aforesaid facts, clean antecedent of the petitioner and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate (West) Muzaffarpur in connection with Kathaiya P.S. Case No. 146 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T