Patna High CourtCR. MISC./2016/2018bail granted

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

2018-01-16Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.2016 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-162 Year-2017 Thana- SIKTI District- Araria ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar Mandal @ Dharmendra Mandal, Son of Jagdish Mandal, Resident of Village- Khuthara, Post- Aamgachi, Police Station- Sikty, District- Araria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Puja Devi, Daughter of Budhdeo Mandal, Wife of Dharmendra Kumar Mandal, Resident of Village- Khuthara Majrakh Police Station Sikty DistrictAraria. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. RAMCHANDRA SINGH ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 494, 506/34 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

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2016 of 2018(2) dt.16-01-2018 2/2 petitioner has relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case 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 F.I.R.

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 Sri S.K. Sharma, Judicial Magistrate, 1st class, Araria in connection with Sikty P.S. case No.162 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T