Arnav Vatsa v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21059 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Rohtas ====================================================== ARNAV VATSA Son of Gopal Prasad Singh Resident of Village - Sonbarsha, Police Station - Kargahar, District - Rohtas at Sasaram. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Ishu Raj Wife of Arnav Vatsa Daughter of Late Arun Kumar Singh, Permanent Resident of Village - Sakri, Police Station - Kudra, District - Kaimur at Bhabhua, at present Mohalla - Company Sarai, Police Station Sasaram, District - Rohtas.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Indu Kumari Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 14-08-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Mahila Police Station Case No. 17 of 2024, dated 27.09.2024, for the offences punishable under Sections 420/384/506/34/498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The petitioner is the husband of the Opposite Party No. 2. The marriage between them was solemnized on

2/5 25.01.2022 as per Hindu rites. In the marriage informant's brother and mother gave Rs. 2,10,000/- in cash, other household articles, furniture and gold/diamond ornaments worth Rs. 2,00,000/-. The allegation is that the husband, along with other family members, after marriage, started demanding Rs. 5,00,000/- cash and one innova car as dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the said demand, the Opposite Party No. 2-wife was tortured, both mentally and physically.

4. Earlier, the matter was referred to mediation centre by this Court vide its order, dated 23.04.2025.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the mediation has been successful and both the parties have resolved their disputes through process of mediation in accordance with the terms of settlement, mutually arrived at by the parties, having been recorded in the mediation report, dated 18.07.2025, passed in Mediation Proceeding No. 596 of 2025.

6. Referring to the meditation report, learned counsel submits that the petitioner-husband is ready to pay Rs. 8,00,000/- as full and final settlement, along with other household articles, as mentioned in paragraph-1 of the

3/5 mediation report, to the Opposite party no. 2. He further submits that the first installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- has already been paid on 18.07.2025, in the mediation centre itself and the second installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- shall be paid by the petitioner in favour of the opposite party no. 2 in the month of December, 2025.

7. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the opposite party no. 2-wife accepted the offer of final settlement made by the petitioner and gave her consent.

8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the materials available on record, including mediation report.

9. It appears that the mediation has been successful between the parties and as per the settlement arrived at between the parties, the petitioner has paid the first installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 on 18.07.2025, in the meditation centre itself, and the petitioner undertook to pay the second/final installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- in the month of December, 2025, to the opposite party no. 2.

10.Further, it has been agreed between both the parties that they will withdraw respective cases (civil/criminal in

4/5 nature) filed against each other.

11.Finally, both the parties have agreed to file mutual divorce petition in terms of Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Rohtas, after two weeks from disposal of the present case.

12. Considering the submissions advanced by the parties and taking into consideration the terms of settlement arrived at between them in mediation and in the interest of both the husband and the wife, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail, subject to condition that the petitioner shall abide by the terms and condition of the settlement and the agreement as mentioned in paragraph-9, 10 and 11 of this application.

13. With the aforesaid observations and direction, this application is allowed.

14. 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 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, Rohtas at Sasaram, in

5/5 connection with Mahila Police Station Case No. 17 of 2024.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ashwani/- U T