Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77001 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-51 Year-2022 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Rohtas ====================================================== Santosh Kumar son of Harinarayan Singh Village- Shivpur Ps- Darigaon DistRohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Pramila Devi D/o- Kesho Prasad Singh, W/o- Santosh Kumar VillageShivpur Ps- Darigaon Dist- Rohtas, Village- Sanath Bigha Po + PsDalmiyanagar Dist- Rohtas ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sada Nand Roy For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyam Bihari Singh Mr.Randhir Kumar No.1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-06-2024 The petitioner, husband of opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498(A), 494, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code read with section 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. At the outset, learned counsel for both the parties submit that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably through the process of mediation and both parties have agreed to live separately and for this, the petitioner offered to pay Rs. 7,00,000/- (Rupees seven lacs only), as full and final settlement amount to opposite party no. 2. The opposite party no. 2 accepted the offer and gave her consent.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77001 of 2023(6) dt.26-06-2024 2/2

3. Here, it is relevant to mention that earlier, vide order dated 05.03.2024, 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, vide report of the Mediator, kept at flag 'M'.

4. In view of aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, 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 A.C.J.M., Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Mahila P.S. Case No. 51 of 2022, 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, mentioned in Memorandum of Agreement dated 19.06.2024 before the Mediation Centre, failing which, learned Court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond of the petitioner.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) anay U T