Manjeet Singh @ Mantu Singh @ Mantu v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.51816 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -307 Year- 2016 Thana -CIVIL LINE District- GAYA ====================================================== Manjeet Singh @ Mantu Singh @ Mantu, S/o Late Jai Ram Singh, R/o Mohalla- Ramna Road, Korya Pathasala, P.S.- Civil Lines , District- Gaya. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Anima Kumari @ Soni Kumari W/o Manjeet Singh @ Mantu Singh D/o Surendra Singh, R/o Mohalla- Ramna Road Korya Pathasala, P.S.- Civil Lines, District- Gaya.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kamal Kumar Sinha, Advocate. For the State : Smt. Sahin Begam, A.P.P. For the O.P. No. 2 : M/S. Sachchidanand Choudhary and Lovekush Kumar, Advocates.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 341, 323, 506, 498(A)/34 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 nonfulfillment 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.51816 of 2017 (3) dt.08-01-2018 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. On earlier occasion also, a similar case was instituted by opposite party no. 2 against the petitioner. 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 and opposite party no. 2, 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 C.J.M. Gaya, in connection with Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 307 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