Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6204 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-143 Year-2019 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Kumar S/o Jagdish Ram, Resident of Village-Pasuar, P.S.-Piro, District-Bhojpur at Ara.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 22-11-2021 Heard.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 143 of 2019 for the offence punishable under Sections 498(A), 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Sectionb 3/4 of the D.P.Act.

The allegation is regarding the marriage of the petitioner having been solemnized with the informant in the year 2018 where-after on account of marital discord the connected case appears to have been filed by the victim lady on the allegation that the petitioner and his family members used to torture her and inflict cruelty upon her on account of non-fulfillment of demand for dowry. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, has been falsely implicated in the present case and is having a clean antecedent. It is further submitted that the petitioner is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6204 of 2021(2) dt.22-11-2021 2/3 ready and willing to keep his wife with due honour and dignity and for that purpose, he is willing to join mediation proceedings before the learned court below.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into account the materials on record, I deem it fit and proper to grant liberty to the petitioner to surrender before the learned court of S.D.J.M. or concern court, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 143 of 2019, within a period of four weeks from today, whereupon the petitioner shall be admitted to the privilege of provisional bail on the very same day and then the learned court below shall issue notice to the informant- wife with a view to settle the matrimonial disputes in between them by resorting to mediation proceedings.

The learned court below is directed to take a final call with regard to either confirming the provisional bail to be granted to the petitioner or revoking the same subject to outcome of the mediation proceeding as also considering the case of the petitioner on merits, without being prejudiced by the dismissal of his anticipatory bail petition by the learned court below.

In the meantime, for a period of four weeks from

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6204 of 2021(2) dt.22-11-2021 3/3 today, no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner herein.

The present petition stands disposed of on the aforesaid terms.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Tiwary/- U T