Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15646 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-499 Year-2022 Thana- BANKA District- Banka ====================================================== RAHUL KUMAR Son of Late Hari Bhallabh Yadav R/v- Ratan, Ward No.- 09, Post Office- Ratan, P.S.- Gogari Jamalpur, District- Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.
Navikant Navin Son of Late Mohril Prasad R/v- Dhakamore, P.O.- Dhakamore, P.S.- Banka, District- Banka ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sanjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 379, 498A/34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with other family members committed torture on the informant's daughter due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand.
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner while denying the allegations, submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case because he is husband of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15646 of 2023(2) dt.16-05-2023 2/2 victim. However, he is ready to keep the victim to her matrimonial house with honour and dignity. 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.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in Banka Police Station Case No. 499 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashi/- U T