Mani Bhushan Prasad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.25762 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -9 Year- 2017 Thana -SAHAJITPUR District- SARAN ======================================================

1. Mani Bhushan Prasad Son of Anil Prasad @ Anil Kumar Prasad, Resident of Village-Manopali, P.S.-Sahajitpur, District-Saran at Chapra. .... .... Petitioner/s

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1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dewendra Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-07-2017 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Sahajitpur Police Station Case No. 09 of 2017, disclosing offences under Sections 342/323/307/498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The petitioner is the husband of the Opposite Party No. 2. The matrimonial discord appears to be the root cause of lodging of the First Information Report. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the Opposite Party No. 2 with full love and dignity.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25762 of 2017 (2) dt.14-07-2017 2/3 There is no reason for this Court to feel that if granted anticipatory bail, the petitioner shall flee from the course of investigation or trial.

It is submitted that the petitioner shall present himself before the Court as and when required and there is no chance that he will tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses.

Considering the nature of accusation and submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, Mani Bhushan Prasad, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate III, at Chapra, in connection with Sahajitpur Police Station Case No. 09 of 2017, subject to the condition 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 bond shall be liable to be

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25762 of 2017 (2) dt.14-07-2017 3/3 cancelled.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √