Ranjan Kumar Tiwari @ Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52492 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2023 Thana- SANGRAMPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar Tiwari @ Ranjan Kumar Son Of Durga Tiwari Village -BHAWANIPUR Ps- Sangrampur District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner

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The State of Bihar 2.

Ranjana Kumari W/O- Ranjan Kumar Tiwari, D/O-Ajiteshwar Tiwari, R/VBhawanipur, ps- sangrampur, dist- East Champaran ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Rahul Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Despite valid service of notice, nobody appears for opposite party no.2.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 308, 498A, 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner was married to opposite party no.2 on 15.7.2021. After sometime, accused persons demanded Rs. 5 lacs as dowry and started committing torture on opposite party no.2 due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is further alleged that accused persons assaulted the victim and snatched her mobile phone and ornaments.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner while denying the allegations, submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case because he is husband of opposite party no.2. Petitioner is ready to keep the victim in matrimonial house with honour and dignity. The case is triable by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52492 of 2024(6) dt.17-03-2025 2/2 Magistrate. 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.

5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let this petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari in Sangrampur Police Station Case No. 156 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T