Patna High CourtCR. MISC./43447/2017bail granted

Ravi Shankar Ram v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2017-09-15Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.43447 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1676 Year- 2014 Thana -MUZFFARPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Ravi Shankar Ram Son of Sitaram Ram resident of village - Makri Mahuawa, P.S. Pipra Kothi, District - East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Smt. Manju Devi wife of Ravi Shankar Ram, D/o Ram Lal Ram resident of village - Chorghatta, P.S. Baruraj, District - Muzaffarpur. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Advocate. For the State : Smt. Meena Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1676 of 2014 for the offences instituted under Sections 379, 498, 498(A), 323 of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D. P. Act in which cognizance has been taken under Section 498(A) of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the complainant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43447 of 2017 (2) dt.15-09-2017 2/2 petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. He 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. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the State that the petitioner is named in the complaint case.

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 Complaint Case No. 1676/2014 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. West , Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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