Ravi Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15854 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -95 Year- 2014 Thana -MAHILA PS District- DARBHANGA ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Son of Sri Shyamaldeo Tripathy @ Sri Shyamaldeo .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Suchita Devi @ Ruchi Kumari daughter of Sashikant Trivedi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Madan Jeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-04-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State.

The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case wherein process has been directed to be issued after cognizance being taken for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 341, 342, 504, 379, 380, 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand.

On instruction, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15854 of 2015 (2) dt.16-04-2015 2/3 with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 10 of the petition which reads as follows:- "10. That the petitioner is ready to keep his wife with full dignity and honour."

A statement has been made at paragraph 9 of the petition that the petitioner filed Matrimonial Case No. 15 of 2013 for restitution of conjugal rights Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Darbhanga Mahila P.S. Case No.95 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the informant for her appearance. On her appearance, the petitioner will take the informant to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour.

The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below in three eventualities (i) if the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15854 of 2015 (2) dt.16-04-2015 3/3 matrimonial harmony is substantially restored (ii) if the informant fails to appear before the learned court below or (iii) if the informant gets reluctant to reconcile the issue. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T