Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Yadav @ Gudu v. The State of Bihar
Case at a glance
Outcome
Bail granted
from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 323, 341, 379, 498(A), 504, 506
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 ss. 3, 4
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 s. 482(2)
Judgment
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s For the State For the O.P. No.2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA Mr. Ajay Kumar Singh, Advocate. Mr. Raj Ballabh Singh, APP. Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate. : : : 4 22-03-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned ORAL ORDER A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bhojpur Mahila P.S. Case No.85 of 2023 instituted under Sections 341, 323, 379, 504, 506, 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
As per the prosecution case, marriage of the informant was solemnized with the petitioner on 27.06.2018 but after few days of marriage the accused persons including the petitioner who are in-laws and husband, mentally and physically harassed the informant due to non-fulfillment of dowry demand.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56252 of 2024(4) dt.22-03-2025 case by the informant. He further submits that petitioner wants to keep his wife with honour and dignity but she does not want to live with him and residing separately. Learned counsel submits that even in the mediation proceedings, the informant/wife has not appeared. He further submits that petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
Learned counsel for the informant also submits that informant/wife wants to live with the petitioner.
Operative part
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Bhojpur Mahila P.S. Case No.85 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Ritik/- U T (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Indian Penal Code, 1860 — ss. 323, 341, 379, 498(A), 504, 506; Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 — ss. 3, 4; Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482(2).
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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