Sanjay Kumar Sharma @ Sanjay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52894 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-462 Year-2024 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - PATNA CITY District- Patna ====================================================== Sanjay Kumar Sharma @ Sanjay Kumar S/o Manoj Sharma @ Manoj Kumar Sharma R/o vill - Mansa Ram Ka Akhara, P.O.- Jhauganj, P.S.- Mehndiganj, Distt.-Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Rashmi Kumari @ Rashmi Devi W/o Sanjay Kumar Sharma R/o vill - Mansa Ram Ka Akhara, P.o.- Jhauganj, P.S.- Mehndiganj, Distt.- Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pramod Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-11-2025 None appears on behalf of the opposite party no. 2.
2. Earlier, vide order dated 27.08.2025, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Patna High Court, Patna, but as per the Mediator's Report (flag 'M'), the mediation has failed.
3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
4. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner, while denying the allegations levelled against him, submits that petitioner, who is husband of the informant, is ready to keep her with honour
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52894 of 2025(3) dt.24-11-2025 2/3 and safety. Besides this, petitioner is ready to give Rs. 3000/-per month to the informant by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings.
6. In view of the aforesaid undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give Rs. 3000/- per month to the informant by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, this anticipatory bail application is allowed.
7. Let the above-named petitioner, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, 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, Patna City in connection with Complaint Case No. 462 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 as well as on the following conditions:- '(1) Informant 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52894 of 2025(3) dt.24-11-2025 3/3 maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the informant.
(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