Nagendra Kumar Singh @ Manoj Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36827 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-474 Year-2023 Thana- NAVINAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Nagendra Kumar Singh @ Manoj Singh, S/o Sri Bhola Singh, R/o VillageChandragrah, P.S.- Nabinagar, Dist- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Arti Singh, D/o Sri Bangali Prasad Singh, at present R/o - Village- Sarawak, P.S.- Kasma, Dist- Aurangabad (Bihar) ... ... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Upendra Kumar, APP For the O.P. No.2 :
Mr. Amit Anand, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 29-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State duly assisted by learned counsel appearing for the informant.
2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR, which is based upon Complaint Case No.1110 of 2023 as filed before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad (Bihar) and apprehending his arrest in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No.474 of 2023 registered under Sections 498-A, 379, 323, 341, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36827 of 2024(4) dt.29-01-2026 2/3
3. Allegation against petitioner is to commit mental and physical cruelty along with other family members upon informant/O.P. No.2 due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry as raised for cash of Rs.10 lakhs.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that after passing of 12 years of marriage raising this type of allegation qua demand of dowry not appears convincing. It is submitted that out of temperamental issues, the complainant/O.P. No.2 lodged this case against petitioner just with harassing attitude, where allegation qua physical and mental cruelty and demand of dowry appears very much general and omnibus in nature. The petitioner claimed clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP duly assisted by Mr. Amit Anand, learned counsel appearing for the complainant/O.P. No.2 submitted that the petitioner intentionally forced the complainant and her two childrens to live their life in destitution, as despite of maintenance order of learned Family Court,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36827 of 2024(4) dt.29-01-2026 3/3 Aurangabad, the petitioner is not paying anything for their maintenance. However, he fairly conceded that an execution proceeding for order of family court is pending before the court.
6. Let it be so, as allegation qua mental and physical cruelty qua demand of dowry appears very much general and omnibus in nature, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-I, Aurangabad in connection with Nabinagar P.S. Case No.474 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short 'CrPC')/under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNSS').
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T