Shankar Kumar Mandal @ Shankar Mandal v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.45205 of 2017 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-981 Year-2015 Thana- MUNGER COMPLAINT CASE District- Munger ====================================================== Shankar Kumar Mandal @ Shankar Mandal son of Ashok Mandal, resident of village Nawadah Tilakpur, P.S. Sultanganj, District Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State Of Bihar

2. Asha Devi wife of Shankar Kumar Mandal, daughter of Chabi Narayan Singh, resident of village Nawadah Tilakpur, P.S. Sultanganj, District Bhagalpur, at present residing at village Launa, P.S. Tarapur, District Munger ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Tarkeshwar Pd. Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Lal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Section 498A 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.45205 of 2017(2) dt.15-09-2017 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, 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 Smt. Rachna Srivastava, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate IIIrd, Munger in connection with Complaint case No.981C of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T