Patna High CourtCR. MISC./18933/2025bail granted

Prakash Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-16Mr. Justice Khatim Reza2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18933 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-3443 Year-2022 Thana- VAISALI COMPLAINT CASE District- Vaishali ====================================================== Prakash Kumar, aged about 30 years, male, son of Kishore Prasad, resident of Mohalla- Gandhi Chauk, P.S.- Chapra Town, District- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar 2.

Sima Gupta, wife of Prakash Kumar, D/O Alok Kumar Gupta, resident of Mohalla- Gandhi Chauk, P.S.- Chapra Town, District- Saran. At Present Mohalla - Hathsarganj, P.S.- Hajipur Town, District - Vaishali. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 16-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.3443 of 2022 dated 05.11.2022, instituted under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The allegation against the petitioner and others is of demanding dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner at the very outset submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled. The complainant-opposite party no.2 is presently residing with the petitioner in her matrimonial home and the complainant

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18933 of 2025(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2 herself has sworn the affidavit in the present case.

5. Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM, Vaishali at Hajipur, in Complaint Case No.3443 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Khatim Reza, J) J. Alam/- U T