Ravin Mandal @ Ravin v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87531 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1929 Year-2018 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE District- Araria ====================================================== Ravin Mandal @ Ravin S/O Late Rajendra Mandal Resident of village - Bathnaha Koshi Colony, Police Station- Bathnaha, District - Araria ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar 2.
Ranjana Devi W/O Ravin Mandal @ Ravin Resident of village - Bathnaha Koshi Colony, Police Station- Bathnaha, District - Araria ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Gulnar Begum For the Informant :
Mr. R.K. Priyadarshi Mr. Dheeraj Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 1929 of 2018 in which cognizance has been taken under Sections 341, 342, 323, 498A, 494 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is accused of assaulting and torturing the victim for demand of dowry.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87531 of 2025(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/3
5. Learned counsel for the complainant has opposed the application of the petitioner by saying that the petitioner has re-married and is living in Sonipat with his second wife.
6 . Considering the submission of the parties and in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273, this application of grant of anticipatory bail is allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within six 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 the learned Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Araria/concerned Court below in connection with Complaint Case No. 1929 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.
8. As a condition of this order, the petitioner is directed to pay a maintenance amount of Rs. 20,000/- from the month of February, 2026 to the informant and the maintenance for the month of February, 2026 shall be paid to the informant
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87531 of 2025(2) dt.04-02-2026 3/3 before 15.02.2026 and thereafter the maintenance amount from the month of March, 2026 shall be paid to the informant every month before the 10th day of the month.
9. It is made clear that the aforesaid maintenance order has been passed for maintaining the wife and three children who are born out of the wedlock and the same is subject to the outcome of any order of concerned Court below passed in maintenance proceedings, if any.
(Sandeep Kumar, J) Vikas/- U