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 2 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 Sub- divisional 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 . Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T