Jitendra Kumar @ Deepak Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.44030 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -20 Year- 2017 Thana -SOHSARAI District- NALANDA (BIHARSHARIFF) ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar @ Deepak Kumar, Son of Umesh Choudhary, Resident of Village- Mansagar Patori, Post- Fuldih, P.S.- Rupo, District- Nawada. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Anuradha Kumar, Wife of Jitendra Kumar @ Deepak Kumar D/o Late Arjun Choudhary, resident of Village- Mansagar Patori, Post- Fuldih, P.S.- Rupa, District- Nawada at present address as Mohalla- Lohganj, Post and P.S.- Sohsarai, District- Nalanda.

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Mishra, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sohsarai P.S. Case No. 20 of 2017 for the offences instituted under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 379, 468,120(B), 420 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 informant due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44030 of 2017 (2) dt.15-09-2017 2/2 is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. He has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. The case is triable by the Magistrate. 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 F.I.R.

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 Sohsarai P.S. Case No. 20 of 2017 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. VI, Nalanda (Bihar Shariff), subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T