Pankaj Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.23775 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-583 Year-2016 Thana- ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictRohtas ====================================================== Pankaj Singh S/o Late Bhuneshwar Singh Resident of Village-42, New Area, Near Jora Mandir, Dehri P.S.-Dehri, District-Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Soni Singh W/o Pankaj Singh D/o Satendra Singh @ Satya Narayan Singh, Resident of Village-Sanjhauli, P.S.-Sanjhauli, District-Rohtas. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bhaskar Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pawan Kumar Chaurasiya ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 498A, 323, 504 of the Indian Penal Code and 3⁄4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfilment of demand of dowry.
It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that 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
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23775 of 2018(2) dt.23-04-2018 2/2 present case due to petty family dispute. 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 A.C.J.M., Bikramganj, Rohtas in connection with Complaint Case No. 583/2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T