Munna Prasad Sah v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.20343 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -34 Year- 2013 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- MADHUBANI ====================================================== Munna Prasad Sah .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ratanakar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anita Kumari Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-05-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 379 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of the dowry demand.
On instruction, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 12 of the petition which reads as follows:- "That the petitioner is ready to keep her wife complainant with full honour and dignity."
Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20343 of 2015 (2) dt.12-05-2015 2/2 bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Mahila Case No. 34 of 2013, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.
Let the learned court below issue notice to the informant for her appearance. On her appearance, the petitioner will take the informant to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below in three eventualities (i) if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored (ii) if the informant fails to appear before the learned court below or (iii) if the informant gets reluctant to reconcile the issue.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T