Chandan Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.19228 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -209 Year- 2017 Thana -ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSASARAM (ROHTAS) ====================================================== Chandan Kumar, Son of Late Hira Lal Chandravanshi, Resident of VillageKhurmabad, Police Station- Chenari, District- Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Mamta Kumari @ Sanju Kumari, Wife of Chandan Kumar, Daughter of Yogendra Prasad, resident of village- Khurmabad, Police StationChenari, District- Rohtas. At present residing at Mohalla- New Diliya, Ward No. 20, Post Office- Dehri, Police Station- Dehri, DistrictRohtas. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ramchandra Singh, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, A.P.P. 198. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Section 498(A) of the IPC. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19228 of 2018 (2) dt.09-04-2018 2/2 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 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.

On behalf of the learned counsels for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or 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 the learned S.D.J.M. Dehri, Rohtas, in connection with Complaint Case No. 209 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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