Ravi Kumar Pathak v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49884 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-81 Year-2018 Thana- MAHILA P.S District- Supaul ====================================================== RAVI KUMAR PATHAK son of Murlidhar Pathak village- Gandhipath Ward No-8, Ps- Saharsa Dist- Saharsa ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar 2.

Labli Pathak wife of Ravi Kumar Pathak, D/o- Mahendra Mishra MohallaKarnpur Ward no-10, Ps- Supaul Dist- Supaul ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bal Krishna Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh, Addl Public Prosecutor Ms/Mrs. Priti Priyadarshi, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-05-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the opposite party no.2.

2. The petitioner, who is husband of opposite party no.2, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. It is submitted by 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 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/- 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.49884 of 2023(4) dt.06-05-2024 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul in Supaul Mahila Police Station Case No. 81 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure 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 saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner. (ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of the opposite party 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 proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T