Patna High CourtCR. MISC./82305/2025bail granted

Haribhajan Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

2026-04-02Mr. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82305 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2024 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - JHANJHARPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Haribhajan Chaudhary S/o- Batohi Chaudhary Resident of Village- Hardi Harri PS- Rudrapur, Dist- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar 2.

Sangeeta Kumari R/v- Harri Ps- Rudrapur Dist- Madhubani, A/P- Ram Shakal Kamat, R/v- Bachhauni Ps- Phulparas Dist-Madhubani ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ramchandra Jha Raman For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Asha Kumari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 02-04-2026

1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the informant-Opposite Party No. 2 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Jhanjharpur Complaint Case C.R. No. 25 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

3. As per the complaint, after the marriage of the complainant with the petitioner, she was subjected to cruelty and harassment by her husband and in-laws for not bringing a fourwheeler as dowry. She was physically assaulted and continuously pressured despite intervention by her family. On 17.01.2024, she was allegedly assaulted, her belongings were

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82305 of 2025(4) dt.02-04-2026 2/3 taken away, and she was ousted from her matrimonial home, following which she returned to her parental home and filed the case.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and he has falsely been implicated in this case. However, without prejudice to the right and contention of the petitioner, and in order to maintain harmony in the family, the petitioner is ready and willing to pay a sum of Rs. 3,000/- per month to the Opposite Party No. 2 as living cost, subject to the final outcome of the present case as well as the matrimonial case, if any, pending and decided between the parties.

5. Learned Counsel for the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2 submits that the O.P. No. 2 is at the verge of starvation and accepts the offer so made by learned Counsel for the petitioner and submits that the petitioner may be directed to deposit the said amount of Rs. 3,000/- per month in the bank account of the complainant-Opposite Party No. 2, details of which shall be furnished by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 to learned Counsel for the petitioner within ten days from today.

6. After having heard learned Counsel for the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82305 of 2025(4) dt.02-04-2026 3/3 parties and taking into consideration the materials on record and the fact that the offer made by learned Counsel for the petitioner has been accepted by learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.

7. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

8. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest/surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on bail, upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jhanjharpur, Madhubani, in connection with Jhanjharpur Complaint Case C.R. No. 25 of 2024.

9. This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs. 3,000/- per month in the bank account of Opposite Party No. 2 positively, starting from 10th April, 2026.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) HarshPandey/- U T