Vikram RamversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29971 of 2026
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2024 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - ROSERA
                                                   District- Samastipur
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                 Vikram Ram, S/o Sri Umesh Ram, R/o Village – Shasan, Ward No. 10, P.S.
                 -Hasanpur, District - Samastipur
                                                                       ... ... Petitioner
                                                  Versus

           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Kanchan Kumari, W/o Vikram Ram, At present Address - Kanchan Kumari,
                 D/o Ashok Ram, R/o Village - Maranchi, Indrapath, P.S. - Hasanpur, District
                 - Samastipur

                                                         ... ... Opposite Parties
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Hriday Kant Mishra, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Md. Nazir Ansari, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   11-05-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and

                   learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

                                2.    The     accused/petitioner      is   named     in   the

                   complaint and apprehending his arrest in connection with

                   Complaint Case No.120 of 2024 in which cognizance has

                   been taken for the offences punishable 498-A of the Indian

                   Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition

                   Act.

                                3.    The     complainant     Kanchan       Kumari     raised

                   allegation through her complaint petition that petitioner

                   being husband along with his family members committed
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          mental and physical cruelty upon her due to non-fulfilment

          of demand of dowry as raised for one motorcycle and cash

          of Rs.50,000/-.

                       4.     It is submitted by learned counsel appearing

          for the petitioner that the complaint in issue is not supported

          by affidavit, which is otherwise mandatory in view of Section

          175(3) of the BNSS. In support of this submission, learned

          counsel has relied upon legal report of Hon’ble Supreme

          Court as available through Priyanka Srivastava v. State

          of Uttar Pradesh [(2015) 6 SCC 287]. It is pointed out

          that due to this legal reason, the allegation as raised through

          complaint petition cannot be taken into consideration. While

          concluding argument, it is submitted that the allegation qua

          demanding dowry, as mentioned aforesaid, is appearing very

          much general and omnibus against petitioner and other

          family members.

                       5.       Learned       APP     opposed   the   prayer   for

          anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

                       6.     In view of aforesaid factual submissions and

          by taking note of fact, as the dowry demand, as mentioned
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                    aforesaid, is appearing very much general and omnibus

                    against petitioner, coupled with the fact that complaint in

                    issue is not supported by affidavit, as discussed aforesaid,

                    accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his

                    arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four

                    weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on

                    furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand)

                    with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction

                    of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rosera in

                    connection with Complaint Case No.120 of 2024, T.R.

                    No.2473 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down

                    under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in

                    short ‘CrPC’)/under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik

                    Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short ‘BNSS’).


                                                            (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.)
    Sanjeet/-

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