Vivek Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21079 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-166 Year-2024 Thana- BHOJPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Vivek Ranjan S/o Gopendra Prasad Resident of Mohalla- North Patel Nagar, PO- keshri Nagar, PS- Patliputra, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Lovely Rani D/o Bhanu Pratap Singh, w/o Vivek Ranjan R/o Mohalla - Taliganj, Kolkata, 40, West Bengal, Metro Railway Quarter, Block No. B, P.S.- Regent Park, Dist.- Kolkata, at present residing at Mahajan Toli No. 1, P.S.- Town, Distt- Bhojpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms.Ojaswee Kumari For the State :
Mr.Jai Narain Thakur For the O.P.No. 2 :
Mr. Rahul Nath ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 18-12-2025
1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2/complainant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Complaint Case No. 166(C) of 2024, in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under Sections 323/341/498-A/504/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, as per the complaint petition, is that the marriage of the Opposite Party No. 2 was solemnized with the petitioner on 12.05.2022 and soon after the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21079 of 2025(4) dt.18-12-2025 2/3 marriage, the accused persons started demanding one four-wheeler as dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the said demand, the Opposite Party No. 2 was tortured and finally ousted form her matrimonial home.
4. Earlier, the matter was referred to mediation centre by this Court vide order, dated 14.08.2025.
5. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the mediation has been successful and both the parties have settled their dispute through process of mediation, wherein the petitioner has offered to pay a sum of Rs. 8,00,000/- as full and final settlement and the informant has accepted the offer, in accordance with the terms of settlement, mutually arrived at by the parties, having been recorded in the mediation report, dated 14.11.2025, passed in Mediation Proceeding No. 1236 of 2025.
6. 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 parties, 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, arrived at and signed by both the parties in mediation.
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7. With the aforesaid observations and direction, this application is allowed.
8. 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Bhojpur, at Ara, in connection with Complaint Case No. 166 (C) of 2024, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall strictly abide by the terms and condition of the agreement, dated 14.11.2025.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √