Praphul Kumar @ Praful Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.786 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2017 Thana- LALIT NARAYAN UNIVERSITY District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Praphul Kumar @ Praful Kumar Jha Son of Late Uday Chandra Jha R/o Mohalla - Beladullah, Ward no. 3, Ward no. 3, Police Station - LNMU, Dist. - Darbhanga, At present posted as Director, Sales Marketing, Eshipjet, Regus Building, 3rd floor, Madhavpur, P.S. - Madhavpur, Hyderabad City, Hyderabad(Telangana).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ramakant Sharma, Advocate Mr. Adarash Prasar , Advocate Mr. Mayank Raj, Advocate Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocate Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 419, 420 and 120 B of IPC and 3/ 4 of the D. P Act.

3 . As per the prosecution case , this petitioner along with other co-accused persons took Rs. 9,00,000/- from the informant as dowry, to solemnize marriage of the informant's daughter with petitioner, but later on, petitioner refused to marry or return the money .

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.786 of 2026(2) dt.21-01-2026 2/3

4. At the outset learned counsel for the petitioner Mr. Ramakant Sharma submitted that petitioner without admitting his guilt and without prejudice to his right and contention , states that the petitioner is ready to deposit Rs. 8,50,000/- in installments within six months in the Nazarat of the concerned Civil Court.

5 . Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Darbhanga in connection with LNMU , P S Case No. 169 of 2017, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of BNSS 2023 as well as on following conditions:- (i) At the time of furnishing bail bond, Rs. 5 lacs shall be deposited by the petitioner in the Nazarat of the concerned Court below .

(ii) Rest amount of Rs. 3 lacs 50 thousand shall be deposited by the petitioner in within six months thereafter. (iii) If the petitioner fails to comply with the aforesaid direction of this court, the court below shall be at liberty to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.786 of 2026(2) dt.21-01-2026 3/3 cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

6. It is made clear that without going into the merit of the case, aforesaid order has been passed only for the purpose of grant of bail and this deposit would be subject to the final result of the criminal case .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T