Sonelal Mukhia @ Sonalal Mukhia v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.17713 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -304 Year- 2012 Thana -WEST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ====================================================== Sonelal Mukhia @ Sonalal Mukhia, S/o Asharfi Mukhia, Resident of Village-Dabia Bhawanipur, P.S.-Srinagar Pujaha, District-West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Sona Devi, W/o Sonelal Mukhia @ Sonalal Mukhia, D/o Bigu Mukhia, Resident of Village-Chanpatia, Ward No.1, P,S.-Chanpatia, DistrictWest Champaran. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Smt Pushpa Sinha, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-03-2018 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 498(A) of the IPC and 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.

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 falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. There is no allegation of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17713 of 2018 (2) dt.27-03-2018 2/2 tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. 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 S.D.J.M. Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Complaint Case No. 304-C/2012 (S.C. No. 541 of 2016), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T