Rohit Prakash v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47475 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2022 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Patna ====================================================== Rohit Prakash Son Of Dhiraj Kumar @ Laffu Resident Of Bavan Toli Gali, P.S.- Sultanganj, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner

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The State Of Bihar 2.

Putul Gupta Wife Of Late Raju Gupta @ Sharad Prasad Gupta R/O MohallaMalsalami, Bari Nagla, P.S.- Malsalami, District- Patna ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kaushal Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms/Mrs. Madhuri Lata, Addl Public Prosecutor Mr. S K Suman, 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, namely, Dr. Priti Gupta, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/354B/34 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. 5000/-per month, starting from this month to the daughter of opposite party no.2, namely, Dr. Priti Gupta.

In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 5000/- 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.47475 of 2022(7) dt.07-07-2023 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate VI, Patna city, Patna in Sultanganj Police Station Case No. 150 of 2022, 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, namely, Dr. Priti Gupta 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, namely, Dr. Priti Gupta.

(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