Shailendra Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32010 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1486 Year-2019 Thana- GAYA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictGaya ====================================================== SHAILENDRA SINGH Son of Anil Singh @ Anil Kumar Resident of House No.- C- 167, Sector- 44, Noida, P.S.- Noida Sector 37, Gautam Buddha Nagar, District - Noida (U.P.) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Manjushree Wife of Shailendra Singh Resident of House No.- C- 167, Sector- 44, Noida, P.S.- Noida Sector 37, Gautam Buddha Nagar, District - Noida (U.P.) At present Daughter of Sri Rambriksh Prasad, Resident of Mohalla - Bhutanese Temple, Post - Bodhgaya, P.S.- Bodhgaya and District - Gaya (Bihar).

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rajiv Nayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 28-01-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner prays for grant of anticipatory bail in Complaint Case No. 1486 of 2019 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 323/341/506/406/498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner and opposite party No. 2 were married in the year 2018 after a lavish wedding in Le Meridien, New Delhi. Thereafter, the petitioner started to torture the girl and has assaulted her also for non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by the petitioner that he has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32010 of 2021(5) dt.28-01-2022 2/2 filed a divorce case and the same is pending. The divorce case has been filed before the filing of the present complaint case. This Court has tried its level best for settlement of the dispute. It seems as the girl is ready to stay with the husband in the matrimonial house, but the husband is adamant on his stand that he will not stay with the girl.

Considered the submissions of the parties.

These days it has become quite common that the boy to save himself from any compliant of dowry and harassment goes and files a divorce case.

In the opinion of this Court, this will not entitle the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail.

Considering the submissions of the parties and the serious allegations levelled against the petitioner, this application for grant of anticipatory bail is dismissed. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below within two weeks.

This bail application is dismissed.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) Saif/-Anand Kr.

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