Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72311 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-94 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA PS District- Gaya ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Paswan Son of Jhapsi Paswan R/o Vill.- Koiri Bigha, P.S.- Main, Dist.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Nistha Kumari daughter of Umesh Paswan Resident of Village Bhalua, P.O. Agni, P.S. Belaganj, Gaya.

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Jha, APP For the O.P. No.2 : Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advocate Mr. Aniket Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 24-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest for the offences punishable under Section 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The petitioner is the husband and there is allegation of demand of dowry and torture.

4. By order dated 22.03.2025, the matter was sent to the Patna High Court Mediation Center for amicable settlement of the dispute but the Mediation process has failed.

5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72311 of 2024(4) dt.24-06-2025 2/3 that there was love marriage between the petitioner and opposite party no.2, hence there was no question of demand of dowry. The petitioner is willing to keep his wife with full honour and dignity but she is not ready to join her husband at Gujrat because she is pursuing her study at Gaya for next three years.

6. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 stands by the allegations made in the first information report and submits that she is not agreeable to continue with the conjugal life.

7. As the petitioner is doing work of labour at Gujrat, at this stage, the petitioner offers to give Rs.2000/- (Rupees Two Thousand) per month to the opposite party no.2 in the first week of every month. It goes without saying that the aforesaid payment shall be subject to any order passed in matrimonial maintenance case or any other collateral proceedings.

8. In such view of the matter, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Gaya Mahila P.S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72311 of 2024(4) dt.24-06-2025 3/3 Case No.94 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

9. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2 is directed to make available the bank account details of opposite party no.2 to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today. If the opposite party no.2 furnishes the bank account in which the amount can be transferred, and yet the petitioner fails to give the aforesaid amount on two consecutive dates to opposite party no.2, the opposite party would be at liberty to file an application for cancellation of bail bonds of the petitioner.

10. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U T