Mankeshwar Prasad @ Mankeshwar Kr. Prasad v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.46220 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1812 Year- 2014 Thana -GOPALGANJ COMPLAINT CASE DistrictGOPALGANJ ====================================================== Mankeshwar Prasad @ Mankeshwar Kr. Prasad, S/O Late Kapildev Prasad, R/V- Ukhai Purab Tola, P.S. Siwan Muffasil, District-Siwan. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Suman Devi, D/O Harender Prasad, R/V- Jhikha, P.S. Uchkagaon, District-Gopalganj.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1812/2014 for the offences instituted 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 complainant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46220 of 2017 (2) dt.19-09-2017 2/2 to petty family dispute. 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.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the State that the petitioner is named in the complaint case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 1812/2014 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Gopalganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T