Chandrakant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37671 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-485 Year-2023 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Chandrakant Kumar S/o Late Girja Shankar @ Girja Shankar Pandit R/o Katras Bazar, P.S. - Katras, Distt. - Dhanbad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Lalita Kumari D/o Bijendra Pandit R/o Birne, P.S. - Wazirganj, Distt. - Gaya ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ramjiban Prasad, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP Mr. Vijay Anand, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 485 of 2023 registered under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the husband of the Opposite party no. 2. The petitioner offers and undertakes that he is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000/- per month, starting from this month, to opposite party no. 2.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37671 of 2024(3) dt.27-08-2024 2/3 party No. 2 does not dispute the aforesaid contention.

5. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand) per month to the opposite party no. 2, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 485 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C as well as on the following conditions:- '(i) Opposite party no. 2 would file an affidavit before the Court below and bring on record her savings bank account number for its communication to the petitioner. (ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the O.P. 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.

(iv) The aforementioned payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37671 of 2024(3) dt.27-08-2024 3/3 proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise.'

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