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Md. Sahalam v. State Of Bihar and Anr.

Patna HC13 Sept 2017CR. MISC./41878/2017

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In Cr. Misc. No. 41878 of 2017, the Patna High Court directed the petitioner in a 498A IPC and Dowry Act case to surrender within four weeks. The court granted provisional bail conditional on his willingness to keep his wife with dignity, subject to monthly monitoring and potential revocation if complaints of torture arose.

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Provisional bail granted for six months contingent on surrender, affidavit of keeping wife with dignity, and successful monitoring of conjugal relationship; bail cancellable if torture alleged.

Md. Sahalam Vs State Of Bihar and Anr. — Domestic Violence | Patna HC (2017)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41878 of 2017

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Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1496 Year- 2012 Thana -BHAGALPUR COMPLAINT CASE DistrictBHAGALPUR

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====================================================== Md. Sahalam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajeev Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Dashrath Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER

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2 13-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Complaint Case No. 1496 of 2012 instituted for the offence under Section498A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

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It has been mentioned at para-6 of the petition that the petitioner is ready to keep his wife with full dignity and honour. The learned Sessions Judge in the impugned order has mentioned that there is no chance of reconciliation in between the parties because the complainant (opposite party No. 2 ) appears to be very reluctant and she flatly refused to go to her matrimonial house although the petitioner is ready to keep her.

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In such, this application is disposed off with direction to petitioner to surrender before the Court below i.e. Sub

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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41878 of 2017 (2) dt.13-09-2017

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Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, within a period of four weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 1496 of 2012, along with Affidavit that he will keep the wife with full dignity and care. In the event the Court below finds that petitioner is willing to keep his wife with full dignity and care, the court below will release the petitioner on provisional bail to its own satisfaction for a period of six months and will issue notice to complainant (wife) and will monitor the relationship between the parties by calling both of them every month in the court and in the event the court below finds that good conjugal relationship have been restored between husband and wife and wife does not make any complain about the physical and mental torture committed by the petitioner during the period of her stay with him or court below finds that good conjugal relationship could not be restored on account of indifferent attitude of wife or the wife does not appear even after valid service of notice, the court below shall confirm the provisional bail of the petitioner after six months.

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It is made clear that in the event the petitioner does not surrender in the court below along with Affidavit, as ordered above, or the petitioner refuses to keep the wife on her appearance in court or wife during the period of monitoring makes complain about physical and mental torture committed by the petitioner, it

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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41878 of 2017 (2) dt.13-09-2017

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will be open to the court below to pass appropriate order in accordance with law including cancellation of provisional bail of the petitioner without taking into consideration the observations made above by this Court.

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(Sanjay Priya, J)

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A.K.V./-

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