Jitendra Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33769 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -27 Year- 2015 Thana -MAHILA P.S. District- NAWADA ====================================================== Jitendra Singh son of Mithilesh Singh, Resident of Village- Daulatpura, Police Station- Narhat (Sitamarhi), District- Nawada. .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Vibhuti Ranjan Sonvadra, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nawada Mahila P.S. Case No. 27/2015 for the offences instituted under Sections 498(A), 323, 341, 504, 379/34 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D. P. Act.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the informant due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The case is triable by the Magistrate. He has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33769 of 2017 (2) dt.20-07-2017 2/2 the present case due to petty family dispute. The petitioner has further 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. The petitioner is the brother-in-law of the victim. He is separate in mess and property from the husband of the victim.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Nawada Mahila P.S. Case No. 27/2015 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Nawada, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T