Mukul Singh @ Kaushal Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.58992 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -696 Year- 2015 Thana -ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSASARAM (ROHTAS) ====================================================== Mukul Singh @ Kaushal Singh, Son of Late Mahendra Singh, Resident of Village- Sahadam Dehri, P.S.- Dawath, District- Rohtas. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Lalita Devi, Wife of Mukul Singh @ Kaushal Singh, Resident of Village- Sahadam Dehri, P.S.- Dawath, District- Rohtas. Presently residing at D/o Bhikhari Singh, Village- Balchanwa, P.S.- Bikranganj, District- Rohtas.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Abhinay Raj, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Madhuranand Jha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-09-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 323, 498(A) and 504 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioner tortured the victim due to nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.58992 of 2018 (2) dt.25-09-2018 2/2 petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has further relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006(3) PLJR 182.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Bikramganj, Rohtas, in connection with Complaint Case No. 696/2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T