Mukesh Kumar @ Prashant Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.24736 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -893 Year- 2014 Thana -EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar @ Prashant Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s

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State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Javed Aslam For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. R.S.Choudhary(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-07-2015 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, 406 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code.

The basic accusation is of torture.

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 made in para 16 of the petition which reads as follows:- "That the petitioner is still ready to keep the complainant with full dignity and honour."

Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24736 of 2015 (2) dt.08-07-2015 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, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Complaint Case No. 893 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