Mantu Ram @ Tinkal Ram @ Mantu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45815 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-628 Year-2019 Thana- JEHANABAD COMPLAINT CASE District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Mantu Ram @ Tinkal Ram @ Mantu Kumar son of Dilip Ram VillageBhawanichak, Salarpur, PS and Dist- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Nirusha kumari Daughter of Dharmendra Singh Village- Sonbhadar Mathiya, Ps- Karpi, Dist- Jehanabad ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears for opposite party no.2.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 323, 379, 498A, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner was married to opposite party no.2 in 2014. After sometime, petitioner and his family members started demanding motorcycle as dowry and on non-fulfilment of demand of dowry, accused persons committed torture on opposite party no.2 and ousted her from the matrimonial house.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner while denying the allegations, submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case because he is husband of the victim. However, petitioner is ready to keep the victim in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45815 of 2025(4) dt.13-10-2025 2/2 matrimonial house with honour and dignity. Learned counsel submits that the case is triable by the Magistrate. Petitioner has relied upon judgment of this Court, passed in case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.

5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also the judgment of this Court, in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let this petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate 1st class, Jehanabad in Complaint Case No. 628/2019, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T