Pappu Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61550 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-928 Year-2022 Thana- ARARIA District- Araria ====================================================== Pappu Chaudhary S/o- Risi Lal Choudhary @ Rsi Lal Choudhary Resident of village-Manikpur, Ward no. 08, P.S.-Araria (Bairgachhi), District-Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Kanchan Jha, Advocate For the State :
Md. Mushtaque Alam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-09-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 379, 342, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and later on Section 37 of the Indian Penal Code was added.
3. As per prosecution case, on 29.10.2022 at about 9:30 PM, while the informant went to matrimonial house of his niece, namely Chandani Devi, to meet her, this petitioner, along with his family members, started demanding dowry of Rs. 1 lakh and a motorcycle. When the informant showed his inability to fulfill their demands, all the accused persons, including this petitioner, abused and assaulted informant and his son. It is further alleged that they also snatched Rs. 5,000/- cash, three mobiles, silver chain and a motorcycle.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61550 of 2024(2) dt.27-09-2024 2/2
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is husband of niece of informant and he is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation of assault against him. It is further submitted that doctor has found the injuries sustained by the injured to be grievous in nature.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and nature of injuries sustained by the injured, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T