Patna High CourtCR. MISC./45686/2023bail granted

Susant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2024-03-11Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45686 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-452 Year-2017 Thana- JEHANABAD COMPLAINT CASE District- Jehanabad ====================================================== SUSANT KUMAR SON OF NARESH SINGH VILLAGE SATPURA BARA PS ARWAL DIST ARWAL ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar BIHAR 2.

REMI DEVI DAUGHTER OF JAWAHAR SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- KHAJURI TOLA, RAM KISHUN BIGHA, PS- KARPI, DISTRICT- ARWAL ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar, Adv.

For the Complainant :

Mr. Sunil Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Kalyan Shankar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the Complainant as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Complaint Case No. 452 of 2017 dated 15.12.2017 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 323 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of the DP Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have tortured the complainant mentally and physically due to non-fulfillment of demand of a motorcycle as dowry.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45686 of 2023(7) dt.11-03-2024 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the husband of the complainant. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the complainant. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. Learned counsel for 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." Learned counsel has further submitted that Section 498A of the IPC is triable by the Magistrate. Learned counsel has further relied on the judgments in the case of Satendra Kumar Antil Vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Another (2022) 10 SCR 351 and Md. Asfak Alam Vs. The State of Jharkhand & Anr passed in Criminal Appeal No(s). 2207 of 2023 arising out of Special Leave Petition (CRL.) No. 3433 of 2023. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned counsel for the complainant as well as learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45686 of 2023(7) dt.11-03-2024 3/3 let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Arwal in connection with Complaint Case No. 452 of 2017, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with further condition/s:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. 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.

8. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T