Mandeep Ram @ Mandip Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24589 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-114 Year-2020 Thana- MALI District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Ranjeet Ram @ Ranjit Kumar Ram @ Ranjeet Kumar Ram Son Of Mandip Ram @ Mandeep Ram Resident Of Village - Beni Jai Hind Tendua Ps - Mali District - Aurangabad (BIHAR) ... ... Petitioner/s

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THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 24843 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-114 Year-2020 Thana- MALI District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.

Mandeep Ram @ Mandip Ram S/O Late Mangar Ram R/O Village- Beni, Jai Hind Tendua, P.S.- Mali, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) 2.

Binda Devi W/O Mandeep Ram @ Mandip Ram R/O Village- Beni, Jai Hind Tendua, P.S.- Mali, District- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

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

(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 24589 of 2022) For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Santosh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Atul Chandra (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 24843 of 2022) For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Santosh Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anand Mohan Prasad Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 31-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Petitioners, who are husband, father-in-law and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24589 of 2022(2) dt.31-08-2022 2/3 mother-in-law of opposite party no2., are said to have ousted the informant from her matrimonial home in association of his family members over the dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners are an innocent person and have committed no offence. Petitioners have neither made any dowry demand nor drove her out of her matrimonial home nor tormented her over the demand of dowry. They are still ready to keep her with full honour and dignity. The petitioners have 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. However, the petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 24589 of 2022 is ready to give Rs.3,000.00 (Rupees Three Thousand) per month as maintenance to the informant in first week of every month. It goes without saying that the aforesaid payment shall be subject to any order passed in matrimonial maintenance case or any other collateral proceeding. If the petitioner fails to give the aforesaid amount on three consecutive dates to informant, his bail bond shall automatically be cancelled.

Learned counsel for the informant, under

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24589 of 2022(2) dt.31-08-2022 3/3 instruction, submits that informant undertakes to provide her bank account details to the petitioner within a period of two weeks by submitting the same on affidavit before the learned court below.

In that view of the matter, let the above named petitioners, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Mali P.S. Case No. 114 of 2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C., If so advised, either of the parties will be at liberty to make an application before the learned Court below for referring the matter to the District Mediation Center for the purpose of reconciliation or one time settlement.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) devendra/- U T