Ankit Kumar Singh VS State of Bihar

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PURNENDU SINGH
Ankit Kumar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent

Counsel for the Parties:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Radha Mohan Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party: Mr. Ajit Kumar, APP
For the Informant:Mr. Ashish Giri, Sr. Advocate, Mr. Rajat Kumar Tiwary and Ms. Deepika Sharma, Advocates

JUDGMENT (ORAL)

Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned APP for the State and Mr. Ashish Giri, learned senior counsel along with Mr. Rajat Kumar Tiwary and Deepika Sharma, learned counsels appearing on behalf of the Informant.

2. The petitioner has preferred the application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. / 528 BNSS for quashing the FIR bearing Nayagaon P.S. Case No.184 of 2024 registered against the petitioner for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 85, 352, 351(2), 79, 3(5) of the BNS, corresponding to Sections 341, 323, 354, 498A, 504, 506, 509 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code respectively and under sections 3 and 4 of the DP Act.

3. The present case has been listed out of turn on the request of Mr. Ashish Giri, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of Informant. He submitted that he has requested repeatedly to the counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh to appear in this case, but he has not given any notice to his request. However, he argued the case on merits.

4. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the informant, namely Megha Singh (Opposite Party No. 2), alleged that her marriage with the petitioner was solemnized in the year 2017 and soon thereafter