Subham Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31512 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-466 Year-2023 Thana- RAMNAGAR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Subham Pandey son of Pramod Pandey Vill- Dainmarwa, Ps- Ramnagar DistWest Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Uday Shankar Pandey, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-07-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. The petitioner, husband of the informant, apprehends his arrest in Ramnagar P.S. Case No. 466 of 2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 342, 323, 427, 498A and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per complaint case, this petitioner is alleged to have committed torture and harassment with the informant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- (three thousand rupees) per month, starting from this month, to the informant.

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5. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- (three thousand rupees) per month to informant, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the petitioner, above-named, 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha, DistrictWest Champaran, in connection with Ramnagar P.S. Case No. 466 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. with further following conditions: "(A.) Informant would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner.

(B.) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of the informant.

(C.) 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.

(D.) 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31512 of 2024(3) dt.29-07-2024 3/3 the issue otherwise."

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T