Ravi Shankar @ Ravi Shankar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2292 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-263 Year-2017 Thana- CHENARI District- Rohtas ====================================================== Ravi Shankar @ Ravi Shankar Pandey son fo Late Shakti Narayan Pandey, resident of village Sahuad, P.S. Karagahar, District Rohtas. At present Mohalla Gajrarh (Gourakshani) P.s.Sasaram Model District Rohtas.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar

2. Sooni Devi wife of Ravi Shankar,reisdnet of Mohall Gajrarh (Gourakshani) P.S. Sasaram Model, District Rohtas At present daughter of Surendra Pandey resident of village Khurmabad, P.S.Chenari, District Rohtas.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ramashray Roy For the State :

Mr.Anil Kumar, APP For the Informant :

Mr.Narendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 11-03-2019 Heard the parties.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Chenari P.S.Case No.263 of 2017 registered for offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 504, 506, 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act..

Allegation against the petitioner is of subjecting the O.P.No.2 for harassment, cruelty and torture with respect to demand of Rs.01 lac and also demand of a motorcycle. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the O.P.o.2 was pregnant before marriage, which will

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2292 of 2019(4) dt.11-03-2019 2/2 appear from Annexure 6 of the supplementary affidavit and due to that he had filed a petition for marriage under Section 12(1) (D) of the Hindu marriage Act in the court of the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Sasaram and thereafter the present case has been filed.

Heard learned A.P.P. and the learned counsel for the informant. They have opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Having heard both sides and in view of the facts and circumstances, as stated above, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, however, the petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from the date of order and make prayer for regular bail, which will be considered by the learned court below on its own merit without being prejudiced by the order of this Court.

With the aforesaid observation, this application is dismissed.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) chn/- U T