Ajit Choudhary v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63371 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Saharsa ====================================================== Ajit Choudhary, Son of Kailash Choudhary, Resident of Village- Choudhary Tola, Bakhtiyarpur Basti, Police Station- Bakhatiyarpur, District- Saharsa. ... ... Petitioner/s

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State Of Bihar, 2.

Sanju Devi, Wife of Ajit Choudhary, Resident of Village- Choudhary Tola, Bakhtiyarpur Basti, Police Station- Bakhatiyarpur, District- Saharsa. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raja Surendra Mohan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Bhanu Pratap Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 21-05-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Saharsa Mahila P.S. Case no. 57 of 2017, registered under Sections 498(A) and 323/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The accusation is of torturing of the complainant by her husband and other in-laws due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and ousting her from matrimonial house after snatching her personal belongings.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on the joint prayer of the parties, the matter was referred to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63371 of 2018(4) dt.21-05-2019 2/2 Mediation Centre, Patna High Court, Patna for mediation and settlement of dispute, but due to rigid attitude of the informant/O.P. No.2 the matter could not be settled. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant submits that petitioner has already performed his re-marriage due to that reason, the informant/O.P. No.2 does not want to live with the petitioner. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Manish Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Mahila P.S. Saharsa Case No. 57 of 2017, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) manish/- U T