Mantu Sao v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.24913 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -278 Year- 2014 Thana -KHAIRA District- JAMUI ======================================================

1. Mantu Sao S/o Sita Ram Sao resident of village - Gopalpur, Police Station - Khaira, District - Jamui .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amrendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramesh Chandra(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 16-07-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant apprehends his arrest in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 278 of 2014 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code, pending in the court of Sri U.K. Pandey, Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Jamui.

The stand of the petitioner is that he is ready to keep the informant with full honour and dignity and for that purpose he had filed a petition before the learned Sessions

Judge, Jamui in A.B.P. No. 225 of 2015 but the informant did not appear before the learned Sessions Judge. In view of the aforesaid submissions as well as facts and circumstances of the case, this petition stands disposed of with direction to petitioner to surrender and seek regular bail before the court below within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order to the court concerned and if petitioner does so, the concerned court shall release the petitioner on provisional bail for the period of four months on the day of his surrender on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.

10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned court and after releasing the petitioner, the concerned court shall issue notice to the petitioner as well as informant fixing date for conciliation and shall take all possible steps to patch up the dispute of the parties within the above stated period of four months.

petitioner shall be taken into custody by the concerned court. It is needless to say that, if, the concerned court fails in his attempt due to non cooperative and rigid approach of the informant, the concerned court shall confirm the provisional bail granted to the petitioner.

(Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) SHAHZAD/- U T