Prashant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74207 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-32 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Madhepura ====================================================== PRASHANT KUMAR S/o Late Yogendra Prasad RESIDENT OF VILLAGENANDLALPUR, WARD NO. 1, P.O.- BENIGIRI, P.S.- MUFFASIL, DISTRICT- MUNGER ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Indradeo Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Madan Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 498(A), 323/34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with other family members committed torture on the informant's daughter due to non fulfillment of dowry demand. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner while denying the allegations, submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case because he is husband of the victim. However, he is ready to keep the victim with honour and dignity. The case is triable by the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74207 of 2022(2) dt.05-05-2023 2/2 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. Petitioner has got clean antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks from today, let this petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Madhepura in Mahila Police Station Case No. 32 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Alok Verma/- U T