Ramesh Kumar Soren v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17615 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-630 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE District- Banka ====================================================== Ramesh Kumar Soren S/o late Basudeo Soren Resident of Village/MohallaMandare, P.S- Haveli Kharagpur, Distt- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Reshama Marandi W/o Ramesh Kumar Soren, D/o Shukdev Marandi Resident of Village/Mohalla-Mandare, P.S- Haveli Kharagpur, DisttMunger, at present, Resident of Village-Sabaijo, P.S.- Phulidummer, Distt.- Banka ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Kumar Kamal Nayan, Adv.

For the State :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Sharma, APP for the O.P.-2 :

None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears on behalf of complainant/opposite party no. 2.

2. The petitioner, husband of the opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offence under Sections 498-A, 323, 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. Allegation against petitioner is of matrimonial cruelty and demand for dowry.

4. While denying the allegations made in the complaint petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17615 of 2025(3) dt.30-06-2025 2/2 petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case merely because he happens to be husband of opposite party no. 2. At no point of time, petitioner demanded any dowry or committed torture with opposite party no. 2 and is still ready to keep the opposite party no. 2 with full honour and dignity and as such, he filed a peition before learned Principal Judge Family Court, Munger, vide Matrimonial Case No. 201/2024, for restitution of conjugal right. Moreover, the case is triable by the learned Magistrate.

5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of eight 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 S.D.J.M., Banka in connection with Complaint Case No. 630 of 2023, subject to the conditions, as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T