Satrudhan Kumar @ Shatrudhan Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20448 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-53 Year-2020 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Siwan ====================================================== Satrudhan Kumar @ Shatrudhan Singh son of Sanjay Singh Village- Nandpur Amwari Ps- Raghunathpur Dist- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.
Rani Kumari D/o- Guptar Singh Vill Po- Karsar Ps- Raghunathpur DistSiwan ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Radha Mohan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bharat Bhushan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 02-04-2024 Heard Mr. Radha Mohan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 53 of 2020 for the offence under sections 498(A) of the I.P.C. and sections 3/4 of the D.P. Act lodged on 15.09.2020 by the informant, Rani Kumari.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that she got married to one, Chunnu Kumar Singh in the year 2017 but was always tortured for dowry, the family members of the informant even tried to persuade the accused side but they were adamant on getting dowry and she was forced to leave the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20448 of 2024(2) dt.02-04-2024 2/3 place. Accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is the younger brother-in-law of the informant (devar), living separately, nothing to do with the alleged demand.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer stating that he is part and parcel of the family who tortured the lady for the dowry.
6. Taking into account the submissions put forward by the parties as also the fact that he is the younger brother-in-law (devar), twenty-one years of age, is a student and do not have criminal antecedent, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Siwan, in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 53 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(i) one of the bailor should be the family member of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20448 of 2024(2) dt.02-04-2024 3/3 his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) kiran/- U T