Ayush Jha @ Aayush Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63836 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4076 Year-2019 Thana- SARAN COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSaran ====================================================== AYUSH JHA @ AAYUSH JHA Son of Tarakant Jha Resident of B-46, Saibaba Residency, Kailash Nagar, P.S.- Bairagarh, District- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

KRISHNA BALLABH KUMAR PANDEY Son of Chandramohan Pandey R/v- Chhota Brahmpur Brahman Toli, P.S.- Bhagwan Bajar, Dist- Saran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sangeet Deokuliar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Arun Kumar Pandey :

Mr. Tej Pratap Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-02-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State along with learned counsel for the opposite party no.2.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the learned court below.

Allegation against the petitioner is that he has taken Rs. 10 lacs in cash from the opposite party no.2 as dowry for marriage.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63836 of 2022(4) dt.20-02-2023 2/2 petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He submits that the marriage of the petitioner and the daughter of the opposite party no.2 have been solemnized with some other person. He further submits that the opposite party no.2 has not produced any evidence to show that he has given money to the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner have got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.

Learned APP for the State along with learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 opposes for prayer for bail. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Court below, where the case is pending/Successor court, in connection with Complaint Case No.4076/2019, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T