Anand Mehta @ Anand Kumar Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75881 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-293 Year-2023 Thana- MUFFASIL District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Anand Mehta @ Anand Kumar Mehta Son Of Late Meghan Mahto R/O Village - Bijoi, P.S.- Muffasil, District - Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

Sita Devi Wife of Congress Mehta R/o village - Bijoi, P.S.- Muffasil, District - Aurangabad ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-12-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 293 of 2023 dated 14.07.2023 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 341, 323, 307, 498A, 504 and 506 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the coaccused persons are alleged to have tortured the informant mentally and physically due to non-fulfillment of demand of Rs. 5,00,000/- as dowry.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75881 of 2023(2) dt.14-12-2023 2/2

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is the brother-in-law of the informant. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner neither demanded any dowry nor tortured the informant. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the allegation being general and omnibus, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Aurangabad in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 293 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

8. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T