Ashok Das v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3997 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-305 Year-2022 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - SIKRAHANA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Ashok Das Son of Sunar Das Resident of Village- Partapur, P.S.- Chiraiya, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar 2.
Pinki Kumari Wife of Dhanshyam Das, D/O- Dhanshyam Das Resident of Village- Partapur, P.S.- Chiraiya, Distt.- East Champaran at present Resident of Village- Siswa Mangal, P.S.- Dhaka, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Sunil Kumar No.III, Advocate For the State :
Mrs. Meena Singh, APP For the O.P. No.2 : Mr. Pramod Kumar Prasad, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no.2.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest for the offence punishable under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Petitioner is the husband of opposite party no.2. The allegation is of demand of dowry and torture.
4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegations made in the complaint are totally false. The petitioner is ready to keep opposite party no.2 with full honour and dignity. It is further submitted that the petitioner neither demanded dowry nor committed any cruelty
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3997 of 2025(4) dt.23-07-2025 2/3 with the opposite party no.2.
5. The application has been opposed by the learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the opposite party no.2.
6. At this stage, the petitioner offers to give Rs.4000/- (Rupees Four Thousand) per month to opposite party no.2 in the first week of every month. It goes without saying that the aforesaid payment shall be subject to any order passed in matrimonial maintenance case or any other collateral proceeding.
7. In such view of the matter, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four 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 the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Complaint Case No.C 305 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. and subject to the further condition that the petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation/trial.
8. Learned counsel for the opposite party no.2, under instruction, submits that the opposite party no.2 undertakes to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3997 of 2025(4) dt.23-07-2025 3/3 provide her bank account details to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today. If the opposite party no.2 furnishes the bank account in which the amount can be transferred, and yet the petitioner fails to give the aforesaid amount on two consecutive dates to opposite party no.2, the opposite party no.2 would be at liberty to file cancellation of bail.
9. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U T