Prashant Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.26127 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -32 Year- 2015 Thana -KADWA District- KATIHAR ======================================================

1. Prashant Kumar Verma son of Niranjan Prasad Verma, resident of village- Khanpur, P.S.- Kadwa, District- Katihar .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. A.K.Chaudhary(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-07-2015 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 under Sections 147,341,323 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The basic accusation is of torture.

The petitioner admits his marriage with the informant. On instructions, it is submitted that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. Statement to the aforesaid effect has been made in paragraph no. 10 of the petition, the relevant portion of which reads as follows: "That it is stated and submitted here that the petitioner is ready to keep the informant with love, dignity and honour....." Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26127 of 2015 (2) dt.17-07-2015 2/2 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 Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM Katihar in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 32 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 and 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 the learned court below in three eventualities - (i) if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or (ii) if the informant fails to appear before the learned court below or (iii) if the informant deliberately gets reluctant to reconcile the issue. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Anil/- U T