Sandeep Bhagat v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.21243 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -97 Year- 2014 Thana -SIWAN COMPLAINT CASE District- SIWAN ======================================================

1. Sandeep Bhagat son of Phoolchand Bhagat .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Smt. Meera Devi wife of Sandeep Bhagat resident of Village- Nadion P.s- M.H. Nagar ,District Siwan at present Daughter of Sagar Bhagat, villChakasri, .s Ander District Siwan .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arbind Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Smt. Nirmala Kumari (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-05-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which process has been directed to be issued after cognizance being taken for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basic accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of the dowry demand. The factum of marriage between the petitioner and the complainant is admitted.

On instruction, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21243 of 2015 (2) dt.14-05-2015 2/2 made in para 14 of the petition which reads as follows:- "That the petitioner is ready to keep his wife." 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 learned Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 97 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 complainant for her appearance. On her appearance, the petitioner will take the complainant 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 complainant fails to appear before the learned court below or (iii) if the complainant gets reluctant to reconcile the issue.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T