Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.17860 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2694 Year- 2014 Thana -SARAN COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSARAN ====================================================== Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh, son of Kedar Singh, resident of village Bharhopur, Police Station Ekma, District Saran, at Chapra .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Shilpi Devi, wife of Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh, daughter of Vijendra Kumar Singh, resident of village Umdha, Police Station Chapra Muffasil, District Saran, at Chapra .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Narendra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umesh Lal Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-07-2017 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Complaint Case No. 2694 of 2014 (Trial No. 2553 of 2016, disclosing offences under Sections 498A/494 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The petitioner is the husband of the informantOpposite Party No. 2. The matrimonial discord appears to be the root cause of lodging of the First Information Report. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the informant-Opposite Party No. 2 with

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There is no reason for this Court to feel that if granted anticipatory bail, the petitioner shall flee from the course of trial.

It is submitted that the petitioner shall present himself before the Court as and when required and there is no chance that he will tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses.

Considering the nature of accusation and submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran, at Chapra, in connection with Complaint Case No. 2694 of 2014 (Trial No. 2553 of 2016), subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the Court, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to

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(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √