Balram Sah @ Balram Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38949 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-224 Year-2024 Thana- KISHANPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Balram Sah @ Balram Kumar S/o Late Bechu Sah R/o Village-Shirpur, P.S.- Kishanpur, District-Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Palita Devi D/o Murahru Sah W/o Balram Sah R/o Village-Shripur, P.SKishanpur, district-Supaul ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pramod Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Arun Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kishanpur P.S. Case No. 224 of 2024 for the offences under Sections 85, 123 of B.N.S. and under Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is accused of assaulting and torturing the victim for demand of dowry.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case.
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5. Learned counsel for the State has opposed the application of the petitioner.
6 . Considering the submission of the parties and in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273 , this application of grant of anticipatory bail is allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within six 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 the learned court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul /concerned Court below in connection with Kishanpur P.S. Case No. 224 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.
8. As a condition of this order, the petitioner is directed to pay a maintenance amount of Rs. 6,000/- from the month of February, 2026 to the informant and the maintenance for the month of February, 2026 shall be paid to the informant before 25.02.2026 and thereafter the maintenance amount from the month of March, 2026 shall be paid to the informant every
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9. It is made clear that the aforesaid maintenance order will be subject to the outcome of any order of concerned Court below passed in maintenance proceedings, if any. (Sandeep Kumar, J) tusharika/- U T