Srikant Kumar @ Shrikant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52739 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA PS District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Srikant Kumar @ Shrikant Kumar Son of Virchand Patel @ Veerchand Patel Resident of Surangapur, P.S. Jehanabad (KALPA), District- Jehanabad. At Present Residing At Bhawanipur, P.S.- Bhawanipur, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State Of Bihar 2.

Archana Kumari Daughter of Anil Paswan Resident of Sikariya, P.S. Parasbigha, District- Jehanabad ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Md Fazle Karim For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Sucheta Yadav Mr.Chandra Bhushan Upadhyay ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner, husband of the informant/O.P.-2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences under Sections 498(A), 504, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per complaint case, this petitioner is alleged to have committed torture and harassment with the informant/O.P.- 2 due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 4,000/- (four thousand) per month, starting from this month, to informant/O.P.-2.

5. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52739 of 2022(9) dt.17-07-2023 2/2 amount of Rs. 4,000/- (four thousand) per month to informant/O.P.-2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six 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 S.D.J.M., Jehanabad / concerned court in connection with Jehanabad Mahila P.S. Case No. 23 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. with further following conditions:

"(A.) Informant/O.P.-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 account of the informant/O.P.-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) anay/- U T