Satrudhan Kumar @ Lotha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.20477 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -7 Year- 2014 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- PATNA ====================================================== Satrudhan Kumar @ Lotha, S/o Late Dinanath Mandal, R/m purandarpur, Devi Asthan, Near at Post Office, P.S.- Jakkanpur, District- Patna .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umanath Mishra(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-05-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 342, 323, 325, 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The basic accusation is of torture for nonfulfillment of dowry demand. On instruction it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. Statement to that effect has been made in para- 16 of the petition.
Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20477 of 2015 (2) dt.01-05-2015 anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Patna in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 07 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
Let the learned court below issue notice to the informant 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 within one year by the learned court below in three eventualities:- (i) on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony; (ii) or if the informant gets reluctant to reconcile the issue; and (iii) or if the informant fails to appear before the learned court.
(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) P.K./- U T