Pankaj Jagnani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6551 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1991 Year-2019 Thana- EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- East Champaran ====================================================== PANKAJ JAGNANI Son of UMA SHANKAR JAGNANI Resident of Ward No. 14, Addi Bangla Road, Police Station - Tilaiya, District - Kodarma, State - Jharkhand.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

SONI JAJNANI D/o BINOD KUMAR MODI Resident of Lohar Patti, Ward No. 6, Police Station - Nagar, Motihari, District - East Champaran. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjeev Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar, A.P.P.

For the Informant : Mr. Dhananjay Kumar No. 2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 23-11-2021 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. C-1991/2019 for the offence registered under Section 498(A) read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Though the present case pertains to matrimonial discord in between the petitioner and his wife who is the informant of this case and the informant has alleged infliction of cruelty by the accused persons on account of non-fulfillment of the demand for dowry but at the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner Shri Sanjeev Ranjan and the learned counsel for the informant Shri Dhananjay Kumar have jointly submitted that the matter has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6551 of 2021(2) dt.23-11-2021 2/2 already been settled amicably. Mr. Dhananjay Kumar, the learned counsel for the informant has further submitted that he has no objection in case bail is granted to the petitioner. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner coupled with the fact that the husband and the wife have amicably settled the marital discord existing amongst them, as stated by their counsels, I deem it fit and proper to admit the petitioner herein to the privilege of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.

10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran (Motihari) in connection with Complaint Case No. C-1991/2019 subject to the conditions as stipulated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) S.Sb/- U T