Ravi Shankar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.8483 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -160 Year- 2014 Thana -RAHUI District- NALANDA (BIHARSHARIFF) ====================================================== Ravi Shankar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Tej Narayan Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jagdhar Prasad (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-02-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 494/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of the dowry demand and performing second marriage.

On instruction, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour and similar was the stand of the petitioner before the learned court below. It is further submitted that the petitioner has not performed second marriage. A statement to that effect has been made in para 8 of the petition. Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8483 of 2015 (2) dt.27-02-2015 2/2 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Rahui (Bhaganbigha) P.S. Case No. 160 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 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) Amrendra/- U T