Upendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14412 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1168 Year-2022 Thana- GOPALGANJ COMPLAINT CASE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Upendra Kumar S/o Krishna Sah Resident of village- Panditpur, PSSidhwaliya, Dsitt- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Sindhu Devi W/o Upendra Kumar R/o vill - Panditpur, P.S.- Sidhwaliya, Distt.- Gopalganj, at present D/o Shankar Sah, R/o vill - Bhagwanpur, P.S.- Kateya, Distt.- Gopalganj ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Umesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Satya Nand Shukla, A.P.P.
For the O.P. No. 2 :
Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2026 Earlier, vide order dated 29.04.2026, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Patna High Court, Patna, but as per the Mediator's Report (flag 'M'), the mediation has failed.
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
3. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
4. As per prosecution case, marriage of complainant was solemnized with this petitioner in the year 2019. Thereafter, it is alleged that complainant was subjected to torture and cruelty due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.
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5. Learned counsel for the petitioner, while denying the allegations levelled against him, submits that petitioner, who is husband of the complainant, is ready to keep her with honour and safety. Besides this, petitioner is ready to give Rs. 3000/-per month to the complainant by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings.
6. In view of the aforesaid undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give Rs. 3000/- per month to the complainant by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, this anticipatory bail application is allowed.
7. Let the above-named petitioner, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Complaint Case No. 1168 of 2022, Trial No. 2340 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita as well as on the following conditions:- '(1) Complainant would file an affidavit before the
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(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the complainant.
(3) In case, the petitioner fails to deposit the maintenance amount for two consecutive months, the court below would be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond.
(4) The aforementioned payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise.'
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T