Kunal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15662 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-307 Year-2022 Thana- ALAMGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== KUNAL KUMAR S/O SRI KAMESHWAR SINGH Resident of villageKhem Karan Sarai (Rana Nagar), P.O. and P.S.- Kurtha, District Arwal. ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

JIYA SINGH D/O SRI DILIP KUMAR Resident of Village- Pranami Mandir Kaji Bagh, P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dudh Nath Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, Addl. Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 498 (A)/ 504/ 506/ 385/ 406/ 379/ 34 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 victim.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15662 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 However, he is ready to keep the victim 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. Petitioner has got clean antecedent.

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 learned A.C.J.M., Patna city in connection with Alamganj Police Station Case No 307 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Kaushik/- U T