Pankaj Thakur @ Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37659 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-11 Year-2019 Thana- MADHEPURA COMPALINT CASE District- Madhepura ====================================================== PANKAJ THAKUR @ PANKAJ KUMAR S/o Ramsharan Thakur Resident of Village - Khutia (Khutis), Ward No. - 12, P.S. - Mansi, Distt. - Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Anju Devi W/o Pankaj Thakur @ Pankaj Kumar D/o Late Janardan Thakur, Resident of Village - Khutia (Khutis) Ward No. 12, P.S. - Mansi, District - Khagaria. Presently Resident of Ward No. 09, Phulpur (Kalasan), P.O. Makdampur, P.S - Puraini Bazar, District - Madhepura ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pawan Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks after restoration of normalcy. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 323/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37659 of 2020(2) dt.22-07-2021 2/3 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 petitioner is husband of the victim. 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 of the case and also the lockdown, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Udakishunganj, Madhepura in connection with Complaint Case No. 11 of 2019 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37659 of 2020(2) dt.22-07-2021 3/3 with the aforesaid case.

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