Md. Aftab Alam v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66038 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-425 Year-2021 Thana- NALANDA COMPLAINT CASE District- Nalanda ====================================================== Md. Aftab Alam S/O Late Abdul Hafiz @ Abdul Hafiz Ansari R/O Mohalla298, Bhadodih, P.S- Jhumri Tilaiya, Dist- Kodarma(Jharkhand). ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Rubina Praveen W/O Md. Aftab Alam and D/O Md. Sayeed R/O MohallaBasar Bigha, P.S- Sohsarai, Distt.- Nalanda. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Krishna Chandra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Nirmala Kumari, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 24-02-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 425C of 2021, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 324, 379, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case in brief is that the complainant alleged that after her marriage with Md. Aftab Alam (petitioner) on 26.02.2013, despite receiving cash, motorcycle and ornaments at the time of marriage, the accused persons demanded a four-wheeler and Rs.5,00,000/-, subjected her to cruelty for non-fulfilment of the demand, assaulted her on 25.06.2021 at her parental house, and when police took no
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66038 of 2025(4) dt.24-02-2026 2/3 action, she filed the complaint.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been implicated in this case. However, without prejudice to the right and contention of the petitioner, and in order to maintain harmony in the family, the petitioner is ready and willing to pay a sum of Rs. 5,000/- per month to the Opposite Party No. 2 as living cost, subject to the final outcome of the present case as well as the matrimonial case, if any, pending and/or decided between the parties.
5. Learned Counsel for the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2 accepts the offer so made by learned Counsel for the petitioner and submits that O.P. No. 2 is at the verge of starvation and the petitioner may be directed to deposit the said amount of Rs. 5,000/- per month in the bank account of the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2, details of which shall be furnished by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 to learned Counsel for the petitioner within ten days from today.
6. After having heard learned Counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the materials on record and the fact that the offer made by learned Counsel for the petitioner has been accepted by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66038 of 2025(4) dt.24-02-2026 3/3 I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
8. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on bail, upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Biharsharif, Nalanda, in connection with Complaint Case No. 425C of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. as well as the following condition:- (i) that the petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000/- per month in bank account of the Opposite Party No. 2 positively by the 7th day of every month starting from the month of March, 2026.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T