Prashant Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53335 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2023 Thana- BHANGWANPUR HAT District- Siwan ====================================================== PRASHANT KUMAR SINGH S/O PREM KUMAR SINGH @ SIKHU SINGH R/O VILLAGE- PATERHA, P.S- MAHARAJGANJ, DISTT.- SIWAN, PRESENTLY RESIDING AT HOUSE NO. 1597/D2, SUBHASH COLONY, NEAR DEVGIRI APARTMENT, KADRU, P.S- ARGORA, RANCHI (JHARKHAND).

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

ALKA KUMARI W/O PRASHANT KUMAR SINGH, D/O ASHOK KUMAR SINGH R/O VILLAGE- HILSAR, P.S- BHAGWANPUR HAT, DISTT.- SIWAN.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Dashrath Mehta, Addl Public Prosecutor Mr RK Dubey, S.Kashyap and Kr.Gaurav, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the opposite party no.2.

2. The petitioner, who is husband of opposite party no.2, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 307/498A/34 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. 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 opposite party no.2.

4. 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53335 of 2023(2) dt.24-08-2023 2/2 within a period of six weeks from today, above-named petitioner 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 the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in Bhagwanpur Police Station Case No. 137 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on the following conditions:- (i) 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. (ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of the opposite party no.2.

(iii) 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. (iv) 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