Hari Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83148 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1072 Year-2018 Thana- MUZFFARPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== HARI MAHTO Son of Late Ramroop Mahto Resident of Village - Lakshmi Narayanpur, P.S.- Tisiyauta, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

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THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.

Rupam Devi Wife of Rakesh Mahto Resident of Village - Govindpurpur, P.S.- Mahua, District - Vaishali (wrongly stated in the complaint as Resident of Village - Lakshmi Narayanpur, P.S.- Tisiyauta, District - Vaishali) ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advocate, Ms. Babita Kumari, Advocate, For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ramesh Chandra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJENDRA KUMAR MISHRA ORAL ORDER 09-01-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1072 of 2018 for the offence under Section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

The accusation is of torturing of the complainant at the hand of her in-laws due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry and also developing physical relation by her father in law.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83148 of 2019(2) dt.09-01-2020 2/2 fact, the petitioner is the father in law of the complainant. The petitioner has two sons out of them, one is husband of the complainant. Further submission is that petitioner runs a grocery shop and he built a house out of income of the said shop and due to quarrel created by the complainant, wife of his another son Rakesh Mahto, he started living in that house along with his another son Mukesh. The complainant only to capture half portion of the said house, lodged the present case with false allegation. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM, East Muzaffarpur in connection with Compliant Case No.

(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Rajendra Kumar Mishra, J) manish/- U T