PRAVEEN RANJAN @ PRAVIN RANJAN v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 34, 323, 324, 341, 498(A)
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 438(2)
Judgment
The State of Bihar Phul Kumari wife of Pravin Ranjan @ Praveen Praveen Ranjan, D/o-Late Prakash Chandra Jyoti Village- Nayatola Keshopur Ps- Jamalpur Dist- Munger ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Dhananjai Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr.Shailendra Kumar, APP Mr.Jai Prakash Verma, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 3 19-09-2023 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under sections 341, 323, 324, 34, 498(A) of the IPC and sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act.
Allegation against the petitioner is of committing torture upon the victim due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is an innocent person and has committed no offence. Petitioner has never made any dowry demand and has been falsely implicated in the present case due to grudge. The petitioner has relied upon the judgment of this Court in the case of Md. Naimul Haque Ansari @ Naimul Haque Ansari & Ors. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46705 of 2023(3) dt.19-09-2023 Vs. The State of Bihar, reported in 2006 (3) PLJR 182.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of his 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.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five 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 Phulwari Shariff P.S. Case No.100/2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
If so advised, either of the parties will be at liberty to make an application before the Court below for referring the matter to the District Mediation Centre for the purpose of reconciliation or one time settlement. pallavi/- U T (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)
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