Arun Kumar Pandit @ Arun Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.16466 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -356 Year- 2015 Thana -PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPATNA ======================================================

1. Arun Kumar Pandit @ Arun Kumar, Son of Sri Ram Nath Pandit, Resident of village- Bairia (Kumhar Toli), P.S.- Gopalpur, District- Patna. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Rina Devi, W/o Arun Kumar Pandit, D/o Ramdas Pandit, Resident of Village- Math Laxmanpur, Koeri Tola (Nahar Par), P.S.- Alamganj, District- Patna.

.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sudhir Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Satyendra Narayan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case registered under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is husband of the victim. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16466 of 2018 (2) dt.22-03-2018 The case is triable by the Magistrate. The petitioner has 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 State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/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 learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna City in connection with Complaint Case No. 356 of 2015 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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