Manoj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71135 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-159 Year-2020 Thana- NALANDA COMPLAINT CASE District- Nalanda ====================================================== MANOJ KUMAR Son of Hari Lal Shaw R/V- Bodhibigha Ramghat, P.SChandi, Nalanda at present Sarita Vihar Madanpur Khadar JJ Colony Phase lll Quarter no. 1515, New Delhi ... ... Petitioner

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The State of Bihar 2.

Sobha Kumari Wife of Manoj Kumar, daughter of Ram Saris Prasad R/VLodipur, P.S- Chandi, Dist- Nalanda at present r/v- Bhokilapar, P.S- Hilsa, Dist- Nalanda ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms/Mrs. Indu Kumari Srivastava ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-09-2023 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 379/498A 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. 3000/-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. 3000/- per month, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.71135 of 2022(4) dt.19-09-2023 2/2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in Complaint Case No. 159C of 2022, 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