Amarnath Kushwaha v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.14136 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -155 Year- 2015 Thana -PHULWARIA District- GOPALGANJ ====================================================== Amarnath Kushwaha, son of Satyanarayan Kushwaha, resident of VillageJataha, P.S.-Phulwaria, District-Gopalganj .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Kushum Devi, wife of Amarnath Kushwaha, daughter of Uttim Prasad, resident of Village-Jataha, P.S.-Phulwaria, DistrictGopalganj, presently residing of village-kathariya, P.O.-Bhopatpura, P.S.-Khampar, District-Dewariya, U.P.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pronati Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 31-03-2016 The petitioner being husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 498A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The basic accusation is of torture for nonfulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner on instruction that petitioner admits his marriage with the informant and is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 9 of the petition which reads as follows:- "That the petitioner is ready to keep his wife with full dignity and honour"

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14136 of 2016 (2) dt.31-03-2016 2/2 Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gopalganj in connection with Fulwariya P.S. Case No. 155 of 2015. Let learned Court below issue notice to the informant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance, the petitioner will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned Court below in three eventualities (i) On substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year (ii) If the informant fails to appear before learned Court below (iii) If the informant is reluctant to reconcile the issue.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Shageer/- U T