Kumud Rajan @ Kumud Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.20318 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -3933 Year- 2015 Thana -PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPATNA ======================================================

1. Kumud Rajan @ Kumud Ranjan S/o Shri Surendra Prasad Barnwal Aged about 32 years Resident of Pipradih In front of MGS High School, PostJhajha, District- Jamui. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Smt. Ankita W/o Kumud Rajan @ Kumud Ranjan, D/o Mr. Pradeep Kumar Resident of Purani Bazar, Jhajha, Post- Jhajha, District- Jhajha. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dayanand Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar - 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-07-2017 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Complaint Case No. 3933 of 2015, disclosing offences under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The petitioner is the husband of the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2. The matrimonial discord appears to be the root cause of lodging of the First Information Report.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20318 of 2017 (4) dt.13-07-2017 2/3 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the Opposite Party No. 2 with full love and dignity.

There is no reason for this Court to feel that if granted anticipatory bail, the petitioner shall flee from the course of trial.

It is submitted that the petitioner shall present himself before the Court as and when required and there is no chance that he will tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses.

Considering the nature of accusation and submission advanced on behalf of the petitioner, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, Kumud Rajan @ Kumud Ranjan, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna, in connection with Complaint Case No. 3933 of 2015, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the Court, as and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20318 of 2017 (4) dt.13-07-2017 3/3 when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bond shall be liable to be cancelled.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √