Prince Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76814 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-70 Year-2024 Thana- NAUBATPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Prince Kumar Son of Kamlesh Singh @ Kamlesh Kumar @ Kamlesh Sharma Resident of Village - Mahmadpur, P.S. - Naubatpur, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar 2.

Pooja Kumari Wife of Prince Kumar and Daughter of Arun Kumar Resident of Village - Khapuri, P.S. - Dulhin Bazar, District - Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Adv.

Ms. Divya Bharti, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Choubey Jawahar, APP Mr. Santosh Kr. Pandey & Mr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Adv.for OP-2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2.

2. The petitioner, husband of opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3, 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably through the process of mediation and for this, the petitioner has offered to pay Rs. 25,00,000/- (Rupees twenty five lacs) in installments, as full & final settlement amount, and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76814 of 2024(4) dt.17-04-2025 2/3 opposite party no. 2 has accepted the offer and gave her consent.

4. Learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 does not dispute and confirms the fact regarding settlement entered into between the parties.

5. Here, it is relevant to mention that earlier, with consent of the parties, the matter was referred to Mediation & Conciliation Centre of Patna High Court to explore the possibility of settlement between the parties, which has been resolved in terms of Memorandum of Agreement annexed with Mediator's report, kept at flag 'M'.

6. Considering the fact that dispute between the parties has been resolved, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed.

7. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate - VI, Danapur (Patna) in connection with Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 70 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with further condition that petitioner shall abide by all the terms & conditions,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76814 of 2024(4) dt.17-04-2025 3/3 mentioned in Memorandum of Agreement, failing which, learned Court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond of the petitioner.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T