Chandan Jha @ Chandan Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76075 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-200 Year-2023 Thana- MADHEPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Chandan Jha @ Chandan Kumar Jha son of Amar Nath Jha Village- Bhith Bhagwanpur Ps- Madhepur Dist- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Bandana Kumari D/o Late Sri Lal Bachcha Chaudhary, R/o Vill. + P.O. - Hirani, P.S. Kusheshwarsthan, Dist. Darbhanga. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Jagnnath Singh, Mr. Deepak Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Manoj Kumar Mr.Ghulam Mustafa, Mr. Padmanabh Kashyap ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-08-2024 Earlier, vide order dated 09.04.2024, the matter was referred to Mediation & Conciliation Centre of Patna High Court, but the dispute between the parties could not be resolved through the process of mediation and as such, mediation failed (Report dated 24.07.2024 is at flag 'B').
2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant / opposite party no. 2.
3. The petitioner, who is husband of opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 504, 506, 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
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4. Petitioner is alleged to have committed torture and harassment with opposite party no. 2 for dowry.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner offers and undertakes that he is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- per month, starting from this month, to opposite party no. 2.
6. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees three thousand) per month to the opposite party no. 2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the 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 learned J.M. 1st Class, Jhanjharpur, District Madhubani in connection with Madhepur P.S. Case No. 200 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on the following conditions:- "(1) Opposite party no. 2 would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her savings bank account number for its communication to the petitioner.
(2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the savings
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(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) anay U T