Ravi Soni v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1938 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-213 Year-2021 Thana- GAYA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictGaya ====================================================== Ravi Soni son of Anup Soni village-Kairo p.s Kairo District Lohardaga at present- Jaridhi Uparbajar, P.S.- Gandhinagar, District- Bokaro ( Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Sonam Kumari D/o- Santosh Prasad Verma R/o- village- Fatehpur, p.s. Fatehpur, district- Gaya ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Upendra Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP Mr. Anil Kumar, Adv.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-09-2024 Earlier, the matter was referred to Mediation Centre, but the dispute between the parties could not be settled through the process of mediation and as such, mediation failed (report at flag 'M').
2. Heard learned counsels for the parties.
3. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 213 of 2021 for the offences punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3⁄4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the husband of the Opposite party no. 2. The petitioner offers and undertakes that he is ready to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1938 of 2024(7) dt.05-09-2024 2/3 give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- per month, starting from this month, to opposite party no. 2.
5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no. 2 does not dispute the contention made on behalf of the petitioner.
6. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3,000/- (three thousand) per month to the opposite party no. 2, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 213 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C as well as on the following conditions:- '(i) 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. (ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the savings bank account of the O.P. No. 2. (iii) In case, the petitioner fails to deposit the maintenance
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1938 of 2024(7) dt.05-09-2024 3/3 amount for two consecutive months, the Court below would be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond.
(iv) 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) utkarsh/- U T