Sachita Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.55369 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -201 Year- 2015 Thana -DINARA District- SASARAM (ROHTAS) ====================================================== Sachita Pandey Son of Baij Nath Pandey resident of village - Samhuti Mathiya, Police Station Dinara, District - Rohtas at Sasaram .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ramchandra Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-12-2015 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 341, 323, 324, 504, 379 and 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The basic accusation is of torture.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner admits his marriage with the informant and is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 8 of the petition which reads as follows:- "That the informant Puja Devi is wife of the petitioner and petitioner is always ready to keep his wife/informant Puja Devi with all due respect in accordance with her social and economic capacity."

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.55369 of 2015 (2) dt.07-12-2015 2/2 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 JM, 1st Class, Bikramganj, Rohtas in connection with Dinara P.S. Case No. 201 of 2015, 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