Lochan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8574 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2022 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - UDAKISHUNGANJ District- Madhepura ====================================================== Lochan Kumar Son of Late Dinesh Ram Resident of Village- Lalganj, Ward No. 11, P.S.- Mohanpur, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar 2.
Mohni Kumari Wife of Lochan Kumar, D/o Shankar Ram Resident of Village- Ghughali Mandal Tola, Ward No. 10, P.S.- Alamnagar, Dist.- Madhepura ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr.Alok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr.Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP For the O.P.-2 :
None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-06-2026 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 case registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 354, 354(B), 379, 380, 498-A, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. Allegation against petitioner is of matrimonial cruelty and demand for dowry.
4. While denying the allegations made in the present petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8574 of 2026(4) dt.30-06-2026 2/2 petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case merely because he happens to be husband of opposite party no. 2. At no point of time, petitioner demanded any dowry or committed torture with opposite party no. 2. In fact, the opposite party no. 2 herself has left the house of petitioner and solemnized second marriage with one Navneet Kumar. 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 S.D.J.M.-I Udakishunganj, District - Madhepura in connection with Complaint Case No. 169 of 2022, subject to the conditions, as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./ Section 482 of the B.N.S.S.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T