Manoj Verman v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.11832 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -176 Year- 2016 Thana -COMPLAINT CASE District- JAMUI ====================================================== Manoj Verman, Son of Late Ganga Verman, Resident of VillageNiyamatpur, East G.T. Road near Bus Stand, Police Station- Kulti, DistrictVerdman (West Bengal). .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Anita Verman, Wife of Manoj Verman, D/o- Suresh Prasad Verma, Resident of Village- Niyamatpur, East G.T. Road near Bus Stand, Police Station- Kulti, District- Verdman (West Bengal), at present Resident of Mahrajganj, Jamui, Police Station- Jamui, District- Jamui. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-03-2018 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 Sections 498(A) 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 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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11832 of 2018 (2) dt.05-03-2018 2/2 is no allegation of tampering with the 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 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 counsel 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. Jamui, in connection with Complaint Case No. 176C of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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