Rajbir Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55250 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-363 Year-2019 Thana- EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- East Champaran ====================================================== Rajbir Mahto, Son of Shyam Nandan Mahto @ Shyam Nandan Prasad, R/o Village- Sripur Kawaiya, P.S.- Jharokhar, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Antima Kumri @ Antima Devi, Wife of Rajbir Mahto, R/o Village- Sripur Kawaiya, P.S.- Jharokhar, District- East Champaran, Presently D/oDineshwar Mahto, R/o- Raghunathpur, P.S.- Chhauradano, District- East Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasia, APP For the O.P. no. 2 :

Mr. Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-09-2022 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks from today.

Heard Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 and learned APP for the State. Today, in compliance of the order of this Court, the husband is present physically, however, the wife is not present. Though, there was specific direction of this Court for her presence.

The prosecution case is based upon a written

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55250 of 2021(5) dt.20-09-2022 2/2 complaint, wherein the allegation of torture has been made by the opposite party No. 2 for demand of dowry etc. Considering the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner that he is still ready to keep his wife with honour and dignity and having found the chance of amicable settlement between the parties, this Court referred the matter to the Patna High Court Mediation Centre, after enlarging the petitioner on provisional bail vide order dated 05.04.2022. A report of mediator's has been received and the same is kept on record showing that the dispute between the parties has been resolved through the process of mediation and an agreement/settlement has drawn and signed by the parties. Considering the fact that the dispute has been resolved between the parties, the provisional bail granted to the petitioner vide order dated 05.04.2022 is hereby confirmed on the conditions mentioned therein.

Accordingly the present application is allowed. (Harish Kumar, J) uday/- U T