Subodh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5238 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-142 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - PATNA CITY District- Patna ====================================================== Subodh Kumar S/O Gajendra prasad Resident of Mohalla- Kaji Bazar, Hilsa, P.s.- Hilsa, Dist.- Nalanda.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Anita Kumari D/O Late Lal Babu Shah R/O Mohalla- Gawal Toli, Sultanganj, P.O. and P.S.- Sultanganj, Dist. and Town- Patna. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar, Adv For the State :

Mr.Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP For the Complainant Mr. Surya Prakash Singh, Adv ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 06-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the OP.No.2 learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The case is one under section 498A and the petitioner is husband. The complaint case discloses an allegation of demand of dowry and torture.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations made in the complaint is not correct and as a matter of fact, the petitioner is still ready to keep his wife with full honour and dignity but it was OP.No.2, who was not willing to stay with the petitioner.

5. The learned counsel for the O.P.No. 2 however opposes

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5238 of 2025(4) dt.06-08-2025 2/2 the prayer for bail.

6. At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner makes an offer to pay a sum of Rs. 4,000/- per month to the OP.No.2 subject to final outcome of any maintenance or collateral proceeding.

7. Considering all the above mentioned facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, in the event of his arrest/ surrender within a period of four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/ successor court in Complaint Case no. 142 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.PC and subject to the further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate in investigation/ trial. 8.Learned counsel for the O.P.No. 2 under instruction, submits that she undertakes to provide her bank account details to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today, if the O.P.No. 2 furnishes the bank account in which the amount can be transferred, and yet the petitioner fails to give the aforesaid amount on two consecutive dates to O.P.No.2, the O.P.No.2 would be at liberty to file cancellation of bail.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) N.K/- U T