Rakesh Kumar Bharti @ Rakesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.85999 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-33 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== RAKESH KUMAR BHARTI @ RAKESH KUMAR Son of Late Jagdev Ram Residence of Village - Thor Pandeypur, P.S.- Murar, District - Buxar, Pin - 802127.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Amrita Kumari Wife of Rakesh Kumar Bharti Residence of Village - Thor Pandeypur, P.S.- Murar, District - Buxar, Pin - 802127. Presently residing at Village - Ganj Bhadsara, P.O.- Ganj Bhadsara, P.S.- Dinara, District - Rohtas, State - Bihar, Pin - 802218 ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Priya Ranjan Mr. Abhishek Anand Mr. Bablu Kumar For the opposite party :
Mr. Abhishek Singh Rathaur For the State :
Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 21-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the Opposite Party No. 2 and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Complaint Case No. 33 of 2023 for the offences punishable under Sections 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the marriage of the opposite party no. 2 was solemnized with the petitioner on 14.05.2021 and at the time of marriage,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.85999 of 2025(4) dt.21-04-2026 2/3 cash, motorcycle, ornaments and other articles were given as gift. It has further been alleged that after about three months of marriage, the petitioner including other accused persons started demanding a car as dowry and, upon refusal, the complainant was subjected to mental and physical harassment.
4. Earlier, the matter was referred to mediation centre by this Court vide its order, dated 23.02.2026.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the mediation has been successful and both the parties have resolved their disputes through process of mediation in accordance with the terms of settlement, mutually arrived at by the parties, having been recorded in the mediation report, dated 09.04.2026, passed in Mediation Proceeding No. 290 of 2025.
6. Considering the submissions advanced by the parties and taking into consideration the terms of settlement arrived at between them in mediation and in the interest of both the husband and the wife, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail, subject to condition that both petitioner-husband and complainant-wife shall abide
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.85999 of 2025(4) dt.21-04-2026 3/3 by the terms and condition of the settlement, arrived at and signed by both the parties in mediation.
7. With the aforesaid observations and direction, this application is allowed.
8. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas, in connection with Complaint Case No. 33 of 2023, subject to the condition that both the parties shall strictly abide by the terms and condition of the agreement of meditation report, dated 09.04.2026.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) ashwani/- U T