Rajeev Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.47293 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2017 Thana- JAMALPUR District- Munger ====================================================== Rajeev Ranjan son of Surendra Bihari Verma, resident of Road No. 15, Rajeev Nagar Patna Police Station Rajeev Nagar, Patna, Office Address- Top Titorial Near Laxmi Complex, P.S.- S.K. Puri near Post Office- Boring Road, Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. Lakhi Ranjan wife of Rajeev Ranjan, resident of Jagdishpur, P.S.- Jamalpur, District- Munger.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Dilip Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the State :
Mr. UMANATH MISHRA, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry. By order dated 21.02.2018, the parties were given time to explore the possibility of settlement between them. Today it has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no possibility of settlement and the opposite party No.2 does not want to reside with the petitioner.
It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47293 of 2017(7) dt.05-03-2018 2/2 petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has 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. On behalf of the State and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. IInd, Munger in connection with Jamalpur P.S. case No.69 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Narendra/- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T