Gopal Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 20975 of 2020 Arising Out of P.S. Case No.-140 Year-2019 Thana-Bisfi District- Madhubani ====================================================== Gopal Chaudhary, Son of Shrikant Chaudhary, Resident of Village Chauta, P.S. Bisfi, District Madhubani.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Ashok Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2020 Heard learned counsel for the parties.
This application for anticipatory bail arises out of Bisfi P.S. Case No. 140 of 2019, disclosing the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498-A, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Petitioner is the husband of the informant. They were apparently married 22 years ago. There is allegation against the petitioner and his family members of demand of dowry and torture therefor.
It is the plea on behalf of the petitioner that it is because of prolonged matrimonial dispute between the informant and the petitioner that the present FIR has been
2/3 registered and that there is no substance in the allegation made in the FIR.
Considering the circumstance in which the FIR has been registered and the submission made on behalf of the petitioner, keeping in mind the present pandemic, this application is allowed. Let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand), with two sureties of the like amount, each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Benipatti, Madhubani in Bisfi P.S. Case No. 140 of 2019, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the Police/ Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled.
It is also indicated that defects, if any, shall be removed within two months from today.
Since there is a lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt following procedure for communication of
3/3 the present order:- (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of the proceedings of virtual Court, shall be communicated to me on my e-mail I.D. by the Secretary.
(ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my e-mail I.D. to the Secretary, which shall be treated to be the authentic copy of the order passed by this Court today in the present proceeding.
(iii) Hard copy of the order, duly signed by me, shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and future use, if any.
(iv) Let a copy of the order be communicated to the learned court below through e-mail or any other appropriate electronic mode by the Registry.
Let steps be taken by the Registry for uploading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social-distancing.
Rajesh/- (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) U