Chandan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15466 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-905 Year-2022 Thana- VAISALI COMPLAINT CASE DistrictVaishali ====================================================== Chandan Paswan Son of Siyaram Paswan Vill - Astipur, P.S.- Hajipur Sadar, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar bihar 2.
Sumitra Devi @ Sumitra Kumari Wife of Chandan Paswan Resident of Village -Astipur, Ps- Hajipur Sadar, Dist- Vaishali At P/A- Village- Fatehpur (khudgas), Ps- Raghopur, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sunil Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for complainant / opposite party no. 2.
2. The petitioner who is husband of complainant/opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a complaint case punishable for the offences under Sections 341/323/504/494/498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the D.P. Act.
3. Petitioner is alleged to have committed torture and harassment with opposite party no. 2 for dowry.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner denies the allegation made in the complaint petition
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15466 of 2025(3) dt.10-07-2025 2/3 and submits that he never committed torture to opposite party no. 2 or demanded any dowry. However, the petitioner undertakes to give Rs. 3,000/-per month by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, to the opposite party no.2.
5. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give temporary relief/solace of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees three thousand) per month to the opposite party no. 2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above-named petitioner 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Complaint Case No. 905/2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on the following conditions:- "(1) Opposite party no. 2 would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her savings bank account number for its communication to the petitioner.
(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid amount per month in the savings bank account of the opposite party no. 2.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15466 of 2025(3) dt.10-07-2025 3/3
(3) In case, the petitioner fails to deposit the aforesaid 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) Saif/- U T