Neeraj Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.11171 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-332 Year-2017 Thana- NALANDA COMPLAINT CASE District- Nalanda ====================================================== Neeraj Kumar S/o late Kedar Prasad Singh Permanent resident of VillageMai, P.S. Hilsa, District- Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Ranjana Rani @ Ranjan Rani W/o Neeraj Kumar, D/o Ravindra Prasad Permanent resident of Village- Mai, P.S. Hilsa, District- Nalanda, At present resident of Mohalla- Badi Pahadi, East of Ravishankar Cold Storage, P.S. Laheri, District- Nalanda.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjan Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. SHYAM BIHARI SINGH ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-02-2018 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 Section 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.

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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11171 of 2018(2) dt.26-02-2018 2/2 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 O.P. No.2, 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 A.C.J.M. -I, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Complaint Case No. 332C of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T