Ranjit Ray @ Ranjit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30924 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1044 Year-2021 Thana- BEGUSARAI COMPLAINT CASE District- Begusarai ====================================================== Ranjit Ray @ Ranjit Kumar Son of Phulena Ray Resident of VillageKoryama, Ps- Gadhpura, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Sushmita Kumari Wife of Ranjit Ray @ Ranjit Kumar village- Chandpura, Ps- Nimachandpura, Dist- Begusarai P/a- Village- Koryama, Ps- Gadhpura, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravindra Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shyam Bihari Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 20-11-2025

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

2. The matter was referred to the mediation vide order, dated 04.09.2025, however, the mediation failed. When the matter was taken up and heard, both the parties expressed their willingness for the matter to be placed in Chambers to enable this Court to explore possibility of amicable settlement between the parties.

3. Pursuant to previous orders, both husband and wife are present-in-person in Chambers alongwith their respective

2/5 counsels. This Court persuaded the parties for amicable settlement, but could not succeed in the same. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application is being decided on its merit.

4. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1044(C) of 2021, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323/341/504/498-A of the Indian Penal Code.

5. The prosecution story, as per the complaint, is that marriage of the complainant with the petitioner was solemnized on 08.03.2019 and at the time of marriage the complainant's family gave a sum of Rs. 4.5 Lakh cash and other articles as dowry. Soon after marriage, the petitioner and his family members started demanding motorcycle, TV, fridge and additional cash and the complaint was subjected to torture mentally and physically. It has further been alleged that during her pregnancy she was assaulted and not provided proper food and after the birth of her daughter she was again tortured for dowry again. On 10.07.2021, when she returned to the matrimonial home, she found that the petitioner had solemnized second marriage with accused

3/5 no. 4, namely, Kajal Kumari. It is also alleged that on 03.08.2021, the petitioner along with other accused persons, strangulate her in an attempt to take her life and ousted her from the matrimonial home after obtaining her signatures on blank papers and also kept the articles given at the time of marriage.

6. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been implicated in this case. However, without prejudice to the right and contention of the petitioner, and in order to maintain harmony in the family, the petitioner is ready and willing to pay a sum of Rs. 3,000/- per month to the Opposite Party No. 2 as living cost, subject to the final outcome of the present case as well as the matrimonial case, if any, pending and/or decided between the parties.

7. Learned Counsel for the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2 submits that the O.P. No. 2 is at the verge of starvation and accepts the offer so made by learned Counsel for the petitioner and submits that the petitioner may be directed to deposit the said amount of Rs. 3,000/- per month in the bank account of the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2,

4/5 details of which shall be furnished by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 to learned Counsel for the petitioner within ten days from today.

8. After having heard learned Counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the materials on record and the fact that the offer made by learned Counsel for the petitioner has been accepted by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

9. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

10. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on bail, upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Begusarai, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1044 (C) of 2021, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

11. This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs. 3,000/- per month in the bank account of Opposite Party No. 2, staring from 10th

5/5 December, 2025.

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