Mukesh Kumar @ Mukesh Kumar Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55293 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2132 Year-2020 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPatna ====================================================== MUKESH KUMAR @ MUKESH KUMAR RANJAN S/O MUNNA CHAUDHARY R/O VILLAGE- NEAR NAKA NO. 6, BHAGWAN BAZAR, AZAYABGANJ, P.O AND P.S- BHAGWAN BAZAR, DISTT.- SARAN AT CHAPRA.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.

SMT. MANISHA W/O MUEKSH KUMAR @ MUEKSH KUMAR RANJAN, D/O SRI SURAJ KUMAR R/O NEAR NAKA NO. 6, BHAGWAN BAZAR, AZAYABGANJ, P.O AND P.S- BHAGWAN BAZAR, DISTT.- SARAN AT CHAPRA, AT PRESENT RESIDING IN HER PATERNAL HOUSE SITUATED AT SRI SURAJ PRAKASH, SAHYOGI MARG, NEAR HOTEL KUVER, EXHIBITION ROAD, P.SGANDHI MAIDAN, DISTT.- PATNA, PIN-800001. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner :

Ms. Indu Bhushan, Advocate For the State :

Ms. Veena Kumari Jaiswal, APP For Opposite Party No.2 :

Ms. Soni Kumari, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-01-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.

2. Earlier, the matter was referred to Mediation Centre, but the dispute between the parties could not be settled through the process of mediation and as such, mediation failed (report at flag 'M').

3.

The petitioner, husband of the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2, apprehends his arrest in a complaint case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 323 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

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4. Allegation against the petitioner is of matrimonial cruelty and of demand of dowry.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand rupees) per month, starting from this month, to complainant/Opposite Party No. 2.

6. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand rupees) per month to complainant/Opposite Party No. 2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above-named, 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 learned J.M. Ist Class, Patna, in connection with Complaint Case No. 2132(C) of 2020, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. with further following conditions:

"(A.) Complainant/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.

(B.) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55293 of 2024(5) dt.07-01-2025 3/3 account of the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2 . (C.) 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. (D.) 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) shashank/- U T