Pankaj Chaudhary @ Deepak Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68498 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-397 Year-2024 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Pankaj Chaudhary @ Deepak Chaudhary S/O Munna Chaudhary Resident of Village- Rampur, Police Station- Nokha, District- Rohtas. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Rinki Devi W/O Pankaj Chaudhary @ Deepak Chaudhary, D/O Ram Pravesh Chaudhary At present Village- Tenuaj Tola, P.S- Natwar, Distt.- Rohtas.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Informant :

Mrs Arti Kumari, Adv.

For the State :

Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-11-2025 Heard Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mrs. Arti Kumari learned counsel for the informant and Suresh Prasad Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 397 of 2024 dated 20.06.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 406, 307 and 498(A) of the IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that despite the efforts made by the learned Mediator, the matrimonial dispute running in between the petitioner and O.P. No. 2 could not be resolved, though the petitioner was ready to give Rs. 1,50,000/- (One Lakh fifty

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68498 of 2025(3) dt.15-11-2025 2/2 thousand) to his wife as one time settlement, so far as the merits of the allegations are concerned the petitioner is a labourer and the complainant failed to give any medical evidence in support of the allegation of physical cruelty.

4. On the other hand, learned APP & learned counsel for the O.P. No. 2 have vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submit that there is serious allegation of physical cruelty against the petitioner.

5. In the facts and circumstances of this case and considering the above stated submissions, this court is inclined to accept the petitioner's prayer for anticipatory bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Complaint Case No. 397 of 2024 , subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S (Shailendra Singh, J) siddharthkr/- U T