Azad Sao @ Mahendra Sao v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.336 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -236 Year- 2013 Thana -CHANDAULI District- GAYA ======================================================
1. Azad Sao @ Mahendra Sao S/O Narayan Sao Resident Of Village - Chakand Bazar, P.S.- Chakand, District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar
2. Khushbu Devi, w/o Azad Sao, resident of village-Chakand Bazar P.S. Chandauti (Chakand), Distt- Gaya .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Veena Rani Pd.(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ORAL ORDER 13-04-2015 The petitioner figured as accused in Chandauti P.S. Case No.236/13, registered on the basis of a complaint submitted by the wife of the petitioner alleging offences including one punishable under Section498A of I.P.C. Apprehending arrest, the petitioner filed A.B.P. No.1884/2013 in the court of learned Sessions Judge, Gaya. The learned Judge rejected the application through order dated 10.12.2013. Hence, this application for grant of anticipatory bail under Section-438 of Cr.P.C. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
Whether one goes by the nature of allegations or the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the recent
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.336 of 2014 (4) dt.13-04-2015 2/2 past, the arrest of a person who figured as accused in a case wherein offences punishable under Section-498A of I.P.C. is alleged, is not at all warranted.
Therefore, the application is allowed.
In the event of arrest, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail upon furnishing the bailbond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) along with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in connection with Chandauti P.S.
Case No.236/13, subject to the conditions that:- (a) if any arrangement has been ordered by this Court on earlier occasion, it shall be in force till the disposal of the case before the trial court;
(b) the petitioner shall be under obligation to live with and maintain his wife, if she is otherwise willing; and (c) disposal of this application shall be without prejudice to the proceedings for mediation, if any. (L. Narasimha Reddy,CJ) K.C.jha/- U T