Santosh Gupta @ Santosh Mangal v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.53313 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-36 Year-2016 Thana- BHABHU(KAIMUR) COMPLAIN C District- Bhabhua (Kaimur) ====================================================== Santosh Gupta @ Santosh Mangal S/o Sheo Ram Prasad R/o Vill- Kheragarh, P.S. Kheragarh, Distt. Agra(U.P).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Pushpa Devi D/o Vishwanath Sah Ro Vill- Kheragasrh, P.S. Kheragarh, Distt. Agra (U.P). At Present R/o Vill- Stuwarganj, P.S. Mohania, Distt. Kaimur at Bhabua.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vinod Kumar Seth, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Ramchandra Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-11-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the 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 case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.53313 of 2017(2) dt.09-11-2017 2/2 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 and learned counsel for the opposite party No.2, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case.

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 S.D.J.M., Kaimur (Bhabua) in connection with Complaint case No.36 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T