Azad Verma @ Azad Verba v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.38720 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -347 Year- 2015 Thana -KANKARBAGH District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Azad Verma @ Azad Verba son of Shiv Nath Mahto resident of Mohalla- Navratanpur, P.O. + P.S.- Kankarbagh, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Surendra Kumar(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-08-2015 Petitioner being husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The basic accusation is of torture for nonfulfilment of dowry demand. On instructions, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner admits his marriage with the informant and is ready to keep the informant as wife with dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 7 of the petition. The relevant portion of which reads as follows:- "...............Petitioner is ready to keep her with full respect and dignity" Considering the present stand of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38720 of 2015 (2) dt.27-08-2015 2/2 petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Kankarbagh P.S. Case No. 347 of 2015. Let learned Court below issue notice to the informant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance, the petitioner will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned Court below in three eventualities (i) On substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year (ii) If the informant fails to appear before learned Court below (iii) If the informant is reluctant to reconcile the issue.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Shageer/- U T