Chhedi Sahu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4703 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-251 Year-2018 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - BIRAUL AT BENIPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Chhedi Sahu S/o- Rameshwar Sahu Vill -Bauram P.s- Jamalpur, Bergaon Op Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Devdai Devi D/o- Ghuran Sahu, R/v- Kahua Ps- Biraul Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Girish Chandra Jha, Advocate For the State :

Mr.Parmanand Kumar, APP For the OP-2 :

None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears on behalf of opposite party no. 2.

2. The petitioner, husband of the opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 498-A, 494 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Allegation against petitioner is of matrimonial cruelty and demand for dowry.

4. While denying the allegations made in the complaint petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case merely because he happens to be husband of opposite party no. 2. At

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4703 of 2026(6) dt.23-07-2026 2/2 no point of time, petitioner demanded any dowry or committed torture with opposite party no. 2 and is still ready to keep the opposite party no. 2 with full honour and dignity. Moreover, the case is triable by the learned Magistrate. The petitioner has further relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.

5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let this 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 A.C.J.M., Biraul, Darbhanga in connection with C.R. No. 251 of 2018, subject to the conditions, as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T