Rajiv @ Raju v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.57932 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -288 Year- 2015 Thana -AURANGABAD TOWN DistrictAURANGABAD ======================================================

1. Rajiv @ Raju Son of Kameshwar Prasad Resident of Village Near Gararu Station , P.s Guraru and Distt Gaya.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Rani Devi @ Manju daughter of Satyendra Chaurasia Resident of Muhalla- Srikrishna Nagar Ahri, Ps. Nagar, Aurangabad Distt Aurangabad. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anirudh Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajendra Nath Jha(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-05-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

Petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 341, 323, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basis accusation is of torture for nonfulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner admits the marriage with the informant. It is further submitted that the petitioner at earlier point of time filed a case before the Gram Kutchery alleging that the informant has illicit relationship with

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.57932 of 2015 (3) dt.03-05-2016 another person and the petitioner has recently filed Matrimonial Case No. 130 of 2016 with a prayer for divorce. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the informant that informant is ready to resume the conjugal rights, but the petitioner is not ready to keep her. Petitioner and informant are present, but in view of the above fact reconciliation does not appear to be feasible at present.

Under the circumstances, let the learned court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Aurangabad (T) P.S. Case No. 288 of 2015, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad. With the above observation this application is disposed of.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) P.K./- U T