Sagir Ahmad v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.25800 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2001 Year-2016 Thana- WEST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- West Champaran ====================================================== Sagir Ahmad, Son of Mosafir Mian, Resident of Village- Guruwalia, Kachahari Tola, P.S.- Manuapul, District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Sahina Khatoon, Wife of Sagir Ahmad and daughter of Ulfat Ali, Resident of Village- Bahuarwa, P.S.- Shanichari, District- West Champaran. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-04-2018 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 in which cognizance has been taken under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25800 of 2018(2) dt.27-04-2018 2/2 present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by 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, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R. 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 S.D.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with S.C. Tr. No. 1294/2017 arising out of Complaint Case No. 2001-C/2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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