Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13374 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-302 Year-2021 Thana- BHELDI District- Saran ====================================================== MANOJ KUMAR @ MANOJ KUMAR SAH Son of Pravesh Sah @ Ram Pravesh Sah R/v- Arna, P.S.- Bheldi, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

PINKI DEVI Wife of Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Kumar Sah R/v- Arna, P.S.- Bheldi, District- Saran, and daughter of Ashok Kumar Sah, at present r/vNarayanpur, P.S.- Taraiya, District- Saran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Yugal Kishore For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-04-2023 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323, 379, 498(A) and some other ancillary Sections of the I.P.C. and u/s 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 falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner is the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13374 of 2023(2) dt.29-04-2023 2/2 husband of the victim and he is ready to keep his wife with full honour and dignity. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. 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. Petitioner has got clean antecedent.

Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Considering the facts of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest/ surrender within a period of six weeks from today shall 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 Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in connection with Bheldi PS case No. 302/ 2021, subject to conditions laid down u/s 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) BKS/- U T