Patna High CourtCR. MISC./61583/2025bail granted

Sanjeev Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-02-20Mr. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.61583 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- RAMPUR District- Gaya ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar S/O Suresh Prasad R/O Village- Kandi Nawada, Police Station- Chandauti, District- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar 2.

Madhvi Kumari W/O Sanjeev Kumar, D/O Late Naresh Singh R/O VillageGewal Bigha, Police Line Road, P.S- Chandauti, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Aryan Singh For the State :

Mr.Ram Naresh Ray For the O.P. No. 2 :

Mr. Deepak Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 20-02-2026

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2/informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Rampur Police Station Case No. 02 of 2025, dated 04.01.2025, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 82 (1) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that the marriage of the Opposite Party No. 2 was solemnized with the petitioner on 31.05.2017 and soon after the marriage, the accused persons started demanding

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61583 of 2025(4) dt.20-02-2026 2/3 dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the said demand, the Opposite Party No. 2 was tortured and finally ousted from her matrimonial home.

4. Earlier, the matter was referred to mediation centre by this Court vide order, dated 10.09.2025.

5. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the mediation has been successful and both the parties have settled their dispute through process of mediation, wherein the petitioner has offered to pay a sum of Rs. 15,00,000/- as full and final settlement and the informant has accepted the offer, in accordance with the terms of settlement, mutually arrived at by the parties, having been recorded in the mediation report, dated 28.11.2025, passed in Mediation Proceeding No. 1361 of 2025.

6. Considering the submissions advanced by the parties and taking into consideration the terms of settlement arrived at between them in mediation and in the interest of both the parties, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail, subject to condition that the petitioner shall abide by the terms and condition of the settlement, arrived at and signed by both the parties in mediation.

7. With the aforesaid observations and direction, this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.61583 of 2025(4) dt.20-02-2026 3/3 application is allowed.

8. 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 released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in connection with Rampur Police Station Case No. 02 of 2025, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall strictly abide by the terms and condition of the agreement, dated 28.11.2025. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √