Numan Alam v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24284 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-320 Year-2023 Thana- CHAKAND District- Gaya ====================================================== Numan Alam son of Md. Maqbool Ahmad Resident of Village -Ramna PSSherghatty, Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Shahina Yusuf Daughter of Md. Yusuf R/O of Mohalla- Chakand Bazar, P.oChakand, District- Gaya ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the State :

Mr.Manoj Kumar, APP For the OP-2 :

None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears on behalf of opposite party no. 2.

2. The petitioner, husband of the opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 420, 498(A)/34 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 present petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case merely

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24284 of 2025(3) dt.06-08-2025 2/2 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. Moreover, the case is triable by the learned 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.

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 A.C.J.M., - X, Gaya in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 320 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