Amit Kumar Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.52926 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -72 Year- 2018 Thana -AURANGABAD COMPLAINT CASE DistrictAURANGABAD ======================================================

1. Amit Kumar Ranjan, S/o Satyendra Singh, R/o Vill- Ramdiha, P.S.- Narari Kala Khurd, District- Aurangabad.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Beauty Devi, W/o Amit Kumar Ranjan, D/o Late Lalan Singh, R/o Village- Amba, P.S.- Narari Kala Khurd, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajay Kumar-1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 323, 379, 406, 498A/34 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-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that 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. On earlier occasion also, the victim and her family members have instituted a case for similar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.52926 of 2018 (2) dt.04-09-2018 nature of offence against the petitioner and his family members. 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 72 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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