Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47323 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-514 Year-2020 Thana- ROHTAS COMPLAINT CASE DistrictRohtas ====================================================== SONU KUMAR Son of Vijay Singh Resident of village - Sumbha, P.S. - Sasaram (Mufassil), Distt - Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Nisha Devi Wife of Sonu Kumar R/o village - Sumbha, P.S. - Sasaram (Mufassil), Distt. - Rohtas, at present R/o village and P.O - Baraon, P.S. - Nokha, Distt. - Rohtas ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashutosh Tripathy, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, A.P.P.

Mr. Bajarangi Lal, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner who is husband of opposite party No. 2 apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. 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 opposite party No. 2.

4. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3000/- (three thousand) per month to the opposite

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47323 of 2023(3) dt.13-12-2023 2/2 party No. 2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the above-named petitioner 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Complaint Case No. 514 of 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) 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.

(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the 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) Navya/- U T