Krishnadeo Kumar @ Krishandev Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38658 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-6 Year-2021 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPatna ====================================================== KRISHNADEO KUMAR @ KRISHANDEV KUMAR S/O LATE SURYA NARAYAN KUMAR R/O Village- Madhurapur, Ward No.6, Singhpur Eastern, Police Station- Narayanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur, Pin- 853203. ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Archana Roy W/O Rakesh Roshan @ Rakesh Raushan, D/O Hari Prasad Roy @ Harihar Roy At present residing at C/O Vikash Yadav, House of Dr. Sachidanand prasad, Near park Mount School, Mitra Mandal Colony, Saket Vihar More, Anisabad, P.S- Gardanibagh, Distt.- patna, Bihar, PIN- 800002. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Shanker Pankaj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, Addl. Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with other family members committed torture on the complainant due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand.

Petitioner is the father-in-law of the complainant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38658 of 2023(2) dt.11-07-2023 2/2 It is further submitted that the petitioner is separate in mess and business. Thrust of allegation is against the husband of the complainant who has already been granted bail. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer for pre-arrest bail of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna Sadar, District Patna, in connection with Complaint Case No. 06 of 2021, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Alok Verma/- U T