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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./45878/2018allowed

Pramod Kumar @ Ram Pramod Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2018-07-27Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.45878 of 2018 ====================================================== Pramod Kumar @ Ram Pramod Kumar S/o Nand Kishore Rai, R/o Vill./Mohalla- Sabalpur Chaharam, P.S.- Sonepur, District- Saran at Chapra (Bihar).

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Soni Kumari W/o Pramod Kumar @ D/o Shivji Rai, R/o Vill./MohallaSabalpur, Caharam, P.S.- Sonepur, District- Saran At Chapra (Bihar) At present Residing at Vill.- Pahaleja Shahpur Diyara, P.S.- Sonepur, DistrictSaran at Chapra (Bihar). .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rakesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ramchandra Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, O.P. No. 2 and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 341, 323, 504, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.

Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment 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 present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45878 of 2018 (2) dt.27-07-2018 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 and O.P. No. 2, 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VIIth, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sonepur P.S. Case No.

355 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. If so advised, either of the parties will be at liberty to make an application before the Court below for referring the matter to the District Mediation Centre for the purpose of reconciliation or one time settlement.

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