Pankaj Sharma @ Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38324 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-640 Year-2020 Thana- ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictRohtas ====================================================== PANKAJ SHARMA @ PANKAJ KUMAR son of Ravindra Sharma VillagePasain Po- Khajura Ps- Belaon Dist- Kaimur ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Rajo Devi wife of Ram Pravesh Sharma Village- Kochas Po- Kochas PsKochas Dist- Rohtas ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rabindra Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey, APP for opposite party no.2 Mr Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocate Ms/Mrs. Riya Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the opposite party no.2.

The petitioner, who is husband of daughter of opposite party no.2, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/149 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner offers and undertakes that he is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3000/-per month, starting from this month to the daughter of opposite party no.2, namely, Atisundar Kumari @ Pooja Kumari.

In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3000/- per month, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38324 of 2023(2) dt.07-07-2023 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate 1st class Rohtas at Sasaram in Complaint Case No. 640/2020, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on the following conditions:-

(1) Daughter of 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.

(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of daughter of opposite party no.2.

(3) 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.

(4) 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 the issue otherwise.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T