Sarfaraz Alam @ Bhola v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.26349 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1155 Year- 2015 Thana -COMPLAINT CASE District- KISANGANJ ====================================================== Sarfaraz Alam @ Bhola, Son of Md. Sarif, Resident of Village- Charaiya Barbana, P.S.- Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Fulera Khatoon, Wife of Sarfaraz Alam @ Bhola, D/o Abdus Subhan, Resident of Village- Charaiya Barbana, P.S.- Kochadhaman, DistrictKishanganj. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate. For the State : Smt. Pronati Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 498(A) 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 victim due to nonfulfillment of demand of dowry. Vide order dated 08.09.2017, the matter was referred to the Patna High Court Mediation and Reconciliation Centre. As per the report of the Mediator, the mediation has failed. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26349 of 2017 (5) dt.08-01-2018 2/2 petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. 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.

On behalf of the learned counsels for the State and opposite party no. 2, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M. Kishanganj, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1155 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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