Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.18557 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -464 Year- 2013 Thana -PHULWARI District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Chaudhary S/o Dukhan Chaudhary Resident of Mohalla - Mahammadpur, P.S. Phulwarisharif, District - Patna .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Seema Devi, wife of Sonu Kumar Chaudhary, daughter of Dukhan Chaudhary, resident of village Kurji Mahammadpur, P.S.- Phulwarisharif, District- Patna.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajiva Ranjan, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Uday Pratap Singh (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE ORAL ORDER 13-04-2015 The petitioner figured as accused in Phulwarisharif P.S. Case No.464/2013, registered on the basis of a complaint submitted by the wife of the petitioner alleging offences including one punishable under Section-498A of I.P.C. Apprehending arrest, the petitioner filed A.B.P. No.4788/2013 in the court of learned Sessions Judge, Patna. The learned Judge rejected the application through order dated 4.2.2014. Hence, this application for grant of anticipatory bail under Section-438 of Cr.P.C.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18557 of 2014 (4) dt.13-04-2015 2/2 Whether one goes by the nature of allegations or the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the recent past, the arrest of a person who figured as accused in a case wherein offences punishable under Section-498A of I.P.C. is alleged, is not at all warranted.

Therefore, the application is allowed.

The order dated 15.5.2014, granting provisional anticipatory bail to the petitioner shall be treated as one granting anticipatory bail subject to the conditions that:- (a) if any arrangement has been ordered by this Court on earlier occasion, it shall be in force till the disposal of the case before the trial court;

(b) the petitioner shall be under obligation to live with and maintain his wife, if she is otherwise willing; and (c) disposal of this application shall be without prejudice to the proceedings for mediation, if any. (L. Narasimha Reddy,CJ) K.C.jha/- U T