Praveen Mandal @ Praveen Kumar Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17242 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2020 Thana- KALUAHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== PRAVEEN MANDAL @ PRAVEEN KUMAR MANDAL Son of Raj Kumar Mandal R/V- Usrahi Enarwa P.S- Deodha, Dist- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

Babita Devi Wife of Praveen Mandal @ Praveen Kumar mandal R/V- Usrahi Enarwa P.S- Deodha, Dist- Madhubani at present R/V- Baratpatti, P.sKaluahi Dist- Madhubani ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vaishnavi Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pronoti Singh ====================================================== 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 494, 498A, 323/34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act and section 67A of the IT 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. However, he is ready to keep the victim to her

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17242 of 2023(2) dt.18-05-2023 2/2 matrimonial house 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 Judicial Magistrate I Madhubani in Kaluahi Police Station Case No. 66 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashi/- U T