Rohtas v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 s. 498A
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 s. 4
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 438(2)
Judgment
1. The State of Bihar
2. Anjali Rani Wife of Anupam Kumar Yadav D/o Yamuna Prasad Singh, Permanent R/o Village - Kazi Dehari, P.O. and P.S.- Navanagar, District - Buxar. At Present Village and P.O.- Budhwal, P.S.- Karakat (Gorari), District - Rohtas. ... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA Mr. Amit Narayan, Advocate Mr. Mritunjay Kumar Nirala, A.P.P. ORAL ORDER 3 15-02-2024
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner being the husband has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that petitioner is willing to keep the opposite party no. 2 with full honour and dignity but then the opposite party no. 2 herself is not willing to accompany the petitioner to her matrimonial home on a frivolous ground that petitioner is keeping one another lady in his house when it is not Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12803 of 2023(3) dt.15-02-2024 the fact. It is next submitted that petitioner is paying the monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000/- to the opposite party no. 2.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no. 2 does not dispute the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the opposite party no. 2 does not intend to go with the petitioner but then submits that petitioner is keeping one another lady in his house but fairly submits that petitioner is paying the monthly maintenance of Rs.10,000/-.
Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his 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/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Complaint Case No. 52 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T
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