Kumar Siddhartha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2292 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-533 Year-2024 Thana- RAJIVNAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== Kumar Siddhartha S/o Suresh Prasad (Shoor) Present Address R/o Flat no. 304A, Winsome Empire Apartment, Digha AIMS Elevated Road, Nahar Road, East Gola Road, Near Pillar No. 242, P.S. - Danapur, Distt.- Patna, Permanent Address R/o vill - Chechar Bagh Tola, P.O. - Chechar, P.s.- Bidupur, Distt.- vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Smt. Shivani Kumari D/o Sri Sudhir Paswan, W/o Kumar Siddhartha R/o Flat no. 203, Nidhi Saiyog Residency N.T.P.C. Phase 1, Ashiana Nagar, Patna, P.s.- Rajiv Nagar, Distt.- Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jai Shankar Pathak, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for opposite party no. 2.
2. The petitioner, husband of opposite party no. 2, apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3, 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the dispute between the parties has been settled amicably through the process of mediation and for this, the petitioner has offered to pay Rs. 20,00,000/- (Rupees twenty . lacs) in installments, as full & final settlement amount, and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2292 of 2025(4) dt.23-06-2025 2/3 opposite party no. 2 has accepted the offer and gave her consent.
4. Learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 does not dispute and confirms the fact regarding settlement entered into between the parties.
5 . Here, it is relevant to mention that earlier, 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 in terms of Memorandum of Agreement annexed with Mediator's report, kept at flag 'M'.
6. Considering the fact that dispute between the parties has been resolved, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 ACJM - II (Patna) in connection with Rajiv Nagar P.S. Case No. 533 of 2024, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2292 of 2025(4) dt.23-06-2025 3/3 Agreement, failing which, learned Court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond of the petitioner. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T