Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary @ Pankaj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61024 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-37 Year-2021 Thana- MAHILA P.S District- Supaul ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar Chaudhary @ Pankaj Kumar S/O Pramod Chaudhary R/O Village-Tetrahi, P.S-Pipra, District-Supaul.
... ... Petitioner/S
Versus
The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Murari Narain Chaudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Madhura Nand Jha, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Kuldeep Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 12-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 323, 341, 494, 504 and 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
The accusation is of making assault for nonfulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner tried his best to resume the conjugal life with the informant but the informant herself does not want to live with the petitioner. The petitioner is still ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour as is evident
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61024 of 2021(3) dt.12-07-2022 2/3 from para-11 of the petition.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant has submitted that petitioner is in habit of making assault with the informant. Hence, out of fear of life, she does not want to live with the petitioner.
In the alternative, the petitioner is ready to make payment of Rs. 5000/- per month as interim maintenance to the informant by depositing the same in her bank account by 1st week of every month.
The petitioner undertakes that he shall pay the monthly payment of Rs. 5000/- of this month i.e. July, 2022 to the informant before filing of the bail bonds and from August, 2022, he shall continue making payment of Rs. 5000/- per month by 1st week of every month in the bank account of the informant.
The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant has accepted the offer of the petitioner and undertakes to provide bank account details of the informant to the petitioner as early as possible.
Considering the aforestated facts, let the petitioner, above named in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61024 of 2021(3) dt.12-07-2022 3/3 released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned SDJM, Supaul/Incharge Successor Court in connection with Mahila (Supaul) P.S. Case No. 37 of 2021/G.R. No.893 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted by the learned court below on showing receipt of deposit of Rs. 5000/- by the petitioner in the account of the informant. The aforesaid payments will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) Brajesh Kumar/- U