Rajeev Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.7157 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2057 Year- 2015 Thana -EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- EASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Rajeev Ranjan, S/O Harinandan Prasad, R/V- New Chandmari Anand Marg Road, P.S. Motihari Town, District-East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Puja Devi D/O Late Mahesh Prasad Sauhari, R/V- New Chandmari Anand Marg Road, Motihari, P.S. Town Motihari, District-East Champaran................................................ .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ramchandra Singh, Advocate. For the O.P.No. 2 : Mr. Karandeep Kumar, Advocate. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-10-2017 The matter was referred to the Mediation and Reconciliation Centre of the Patna High Court vide order dated 16.08.2017 but the mediation failed as per the report of the Mediator.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Section 498(A) of the IPC. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to non-

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It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. 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.

On behalf of the learned counsels for the State and opposite party no. 2, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Sadar at Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Trial No. 2209 of 2016, arising out of Complaint Case No. C-2057 of 2015 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of

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