Banshidhar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69026 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2024 Thana- ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictRohtas ====================================================== Banshidhar Verma son of Late Raj Mohan Verma Village- Bari Tola Sohani Patti, Ward no. 22, Buxar Ps. Buxar (Town), Dist- Buxar, P/A- Residing at Jai Mohalla Buxar, Ps- Buxar town, Dist- Buxar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Anil Kumar Roy, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam, APP For the Complainant : Mr. Shyam Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 22-10-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State assisted by learned counsel for the complainant.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 504, 420 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the N.I. Act.

3. The petitioner along with his son went to the house of the complainant and is said to have taken Rs.24 lakhs in installments. It is further alleged that the son of the petitioner issued a cheque of Rs.24,00,000/- which got dishonoured.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that no such occurrence as alleged ever took place. He has been falsely implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is not known to the complainant nor he has visited the house of the complainant any time with his son nor he

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69026 of 2024(2) dt.22-10-2024 2/2 committed any occurrence. It is further submitted that from persual of the complaint petition there is no scintilla of doubt that the dispute inter se is purely civil in nature for which criminal proseuction has been launched. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State assisted by learned counsel for the complainant opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the fact that the dispute between the parties is a money dispute, which is purely civil in nature, let the above named petitioner, 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, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Complaint Case No. 49 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T