Munna Pandit v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6652 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-370 Year-2019 Thana- DHAKA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Munna Pandit, son of Khaheru Pandit Resident of Village- Vishmwarpur, P.S.- Dhaka, District- East Champaran, Motihari.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Punam Devi W/o Munna Pandit Resident of Village- Vishmwarpur, P.S.- Dhaka, District- East Champaran, Motihari.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sharda Nand Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Pushpa Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 12-04-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A), 341, 323, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of dowry demand and ousting the informant from her
2/4 matrimonial house.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner tried his best to resume the conjugal life with the informant but the informant did not agree to live with the petitioner. However, petitioner is still ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. A statement to that effect has been made in para 10 of the petition.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant has submitted that informant is not ready to live with the petitioner since petitioner is in habit of making assault with the informant.
In the alternative, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 3000/- as interim maintenance to the informant before filing of the bail bonds.
The petitioner also undertakes to make payment of Rs. 3000/- per month to the informant by depositing the same in her bank account by 1st week of every month from May, 2022.
3/4 The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant has accepted the offer of the petitioner and undertakes to provide bank account details of the informant to the petitioner as early as possible. Considering the aforestated facts, let the petitioner, above named in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikarana at Dhaka, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Dhaka P.S. Case No. 370 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs. 3000/- by the petitioner in the account of the informant.
4/4 The aforesaid payments will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings.
(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Shageer/- U T