Anand Kumar Poddar @ Anand Poddar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16782 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-724 Year-2018 Thana- MADHUBANI COMPLAINT CASE District- Madhubani ====================================================== ANAND KUMAR PODDAR @ ANAND PODDAR S/o Jagarnath Poddar @ Jagannath Pd. Poddar R/o Mohalla- Sutapatti, P.S.- Town, DistrictMuzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar.

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Sneha Kumari D/o Late Dev Narayan Prasad, W/o Anand Poddar R/o village- Atari, P.S.- Loukahi, District- Madhubani ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Suresh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 23-07-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned A.P.P. for the State through video conferencing.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Petitioner, who is husband of opposite party no2., is said to have ousted the opposite party no.2 from her matrimonial home in association of his family members over the dowry demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16782 of 2020(2) dt.23-07-2020 2/3 petitioner that the petitioner is an innocent person and has committed no offence. Petitioner has neither made any dowry demand nor drove her out of her matrimonial home nor tormented her over the demand of dowry. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner made several efforts to save his marriage with informant but not able to succeed. Therefore, the petitioner was compelled to file Divorce Case. Learned counsel for the petitioner, at this juncture, submits that the petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) per month starting from this month to the complainant/opposite party no. 2 which has been agreed by the counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) per month, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani in connection with Complaint Case No.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16782 of 2020(2) dt.23-07-2020 3/3 down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. as well as on following conditions:

(i) Opposite party no. 2 would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner. (ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in second week of every succeeding month in the saving bank account of the opposite party no. 2.

(iii) 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. It goes without saying that the aforesaid payment shall be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial, maintenance or any other collateral proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Trivedi/- U T