Ravi Shankar Kumar v. The State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.6576 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-259 Year-2017 Thana- BHAGALPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Ravi Shankar Kumar, aged about 24 years, Male, S/o Late Vinay Prasad Singh, Resident of Village- Tetari, P.S- Naugachiya, District- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar.

2. Ankita Kumari, aged about 21 Years (F), Daughter of Sanjeev Kumar Rai, Resident of Village- Gouripur, P.S. - Bihpur, District- Bhagalpur. ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Ranjan Kumar Jha, Advocate.

For the State :

Mr.Md. Shakir Ahmad, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-02-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A), 406, 504, 506 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D. P. Act in which cognizance has been taken under Sections 504, 506 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6576 of 2019(2) dt.06-02-2019 2/2 in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner is alleged to be so-called husband of the victim. The case is triable by the 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.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Naugachia, Bhagalpur, in connection with Complaint Case No. 259 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T