Amar Nath Sha @ Amarnath Sah @ Munna Sah v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.21841 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2016 Thana- WEST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- West Champaran ====================================================== Amar Nath Sha @ Amarnath Sah @ Munna Sah S/o Nageshwar Sah, R/o Vill.- Araria, P.O. and P.S.- Kurwa Chainpura, District- East Champaran at present 31 B.Y.F. & Bhugagar Road, Bothwa Para, Liliua Hawarah (Calcutta). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Asha Devi @ Asha Sahe W/o Amarnath Sha @ Amarnath Sah @ Nunna, D/o Jokhu Sah, At presnet Purani Gudri Turhatoli, Ward No.10, P.S.- Kalibag O.P., District- West Champaran.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Muneshwar Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Iftekhar Mahmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 147, 149, 498A, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment 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 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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21841 of 2018(2) dt.13-04-2018 2/2 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, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case.

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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West Champaran, Bettiah in connection with Complaint case No.169(c) of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T