Dharmveer Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70244 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-391 Year-2023 Thana- GOPALGANJ COMPLAINT CASE District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Dharmveer Singh Son of Ashnarayan Singh Resident of Vill- Deokuli, P.S Mohammadpur, District- Gopalganj ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar Patna 2.

Poonam Kumari Wife of Dharmveer Singh Resident of Vill- Deokuli, P.S Mohammadpur, District- Gopalganj at present daughter o Kameshwar Singh Resident of Vill- Chamanpur, P.S.- Baikunthpur, District- Gopalganj (Bihar) ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.

Mr. Ravi Kant Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner who is husband of opposite party No. 2 apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 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. 3000/- per month, starting from this month, to opposite party No. 2.

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70244 of 2024(3) dt.07-01-2025 2/3 amount of Rs. 3000/- (three thousand) per month to the opposite party No. 2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Complaint Case No. 391 of 2023, Trial No. 2339 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:- '(1) Opposite party No. 2 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 maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the opposite party No. 2.

(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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70244 of 2024(3) dt.07-01-2025 3/3 parties to resolve the issue otherwise.'

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T