Manoj Kumar Singh @ Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.2129 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -101 Year- 2017 Thana -SALKHUA District- SAHARSA ====================================================== Manoj Kumar Singh @ Manoj Kumar, Son of Ramashankar Singh, resident of Village Bahuarwa, P.S. Salkhua, District- Saharsa at present residing near Sangam Restaurant, P.S. Kathitanal, Ratu Road, DistrictRanchi (Jharkhand). .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Dr. Ajeet Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A)/34 of the IPC, 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act and 3⁄4 of Prevention of Witch Practice Act. The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2129 of 2018 (2) dt.17-01-2018 2/2 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 further 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 learned counsels for the State and opposite party no. 2, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or 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 the learned A.C.J.M.-II, Saharsa, in connection with Salkhua P.S. Case No. 101 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T