Neeraj Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.9823 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -18 Year- 2017 Thana -JOGAPATTI DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ====================================================== Neeraj Kumar Pandey, S/O Shri Surendra Pandey, R/V- Rampurwa Pathkhauli, P.S. Yogapatti, District-West Champaran. .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner : Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Bisheshwar Ram, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and 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 341, 323, 498(A), 506/34 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 nonfulfilment of demand of dowry. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to petty family dispute. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9823 of 2018 (2) dt.19-02-2018 2/2 victim is in habit of instituting cases for similar nature of offence against the petitioner and his family members. The case is triable by the 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.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, 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 A.C.J.M.-2nd, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Yogapatti P.S. Case No. 18 of 2017, Trial No. SC/1206 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Sudhir Singh, J) U T