Krishna Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74307 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-45 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Sheikhpura ====================================================== KRISHNA CHAUDHARY S/O Late Jalo Chaudhary R/O VillageMahanandpur, P.S- Sheikhpur Sarai, District- Sheikhpura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bipin Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Humayou A Khan, Addl Public Prosecutor For the informant Mr Sunny Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the informant Divya Kumari.

The petitioner, who is husband of informant, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

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 informant.

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 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74307 of 2022(2) dt.05-05-2023 2/2 Sheikhpura in Sheikhpura Mahila Police Station Case No. 45 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:-

(1) informant would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner.

(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of the informant.

(3) 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.

(4) 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