Ranjit Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44700 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2019 Thana- BARARI District- Katihar ====================================================== RANJIT MANDAL S/o Shivnath Mandal R/o village- Simartalla, P.S.- Barari (Semapur), District- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

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THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar 2.

Puja Kumari D/o Bhola Mandal R/o village- Kabar Kothi, P.S.- Barari (Semapur), District- Katihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Dinesh Prasad Verma For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Meena Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-06-2020 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned counsel for the State. This application for anticipatory bail arises out of Katihar Barari P.S. Case No.17 of 2019, disclosing offences under Sections 341,323,324,307,498A,379,506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The petitioner is the husband of Opposite party No.2. By an order dated 16.11.2019, the matter was referred to Patna High Court Mediation Center for amicable settlement of the dispute between the petitioner and Opposite party No.2. Learned Mediator has submitted his report to the effect that Opposite party No.2 failed to appear on all five dates for which the mediation proceeding was fixed. It is the petitioner's case that it is basically a matrimonial dispute, leading to filing of the criminal case in which all family members

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44700 of 2019(6) dt.17-06-2020 2/2 of the petitioner have been implicated.

The petitioner was granted an interim protection by order dated 19.07.2019.

Considering the nature of dispute, giving rise to filing of the criminal case, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner above named in the event of his arrest/surrender within six weeks from today in the Court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in Barari P.S. Case No.17 of 2019, subject to the conditions as 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 Police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled. (Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) arun/- U