AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 51348 of 2022 · Patna High Court
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 34, 498A
- Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 s. 4
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 438(2)
Judgment
Pritish Bharti, Wife of Harsh Ankit, R/o S- 401, Pan Oasis, G.H.- 01, Sector 70, Noida Up. 201301, presently residing at D/O Birendra Prasad , Ward No. 5, Mohalla - Srikshnpuri, pS- Mufasil, Dist- Samastipur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : Mr. Brij Bihari Tiwary For the Petitioner/s : Md. Nazir Ansari For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 16-03-2023 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and opposite party No.2. The petitioner who is husband of opposite party No. 2 apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner offers and undertakes that he is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs.
3000/- per month, starting from this month, to opposite party No. 2. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51348 of 2022(4) dt.16-03-2023 petitioner that petitioner is ready to give maintenance amount of Rs. 3000/- per month, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, above-named petitioner 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in Complaint Case No. 2262 of 2019, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as on the following conditions:- (1) Opposite party No. 2 would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner. (2) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid maintenance amount per month in the saving bank account of the opposite party No.
2. (3) In case, the petitioner fails to deposit the maintenance amount for two consecutive months, the court below would be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond. (4) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his/her absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51348 of 2022(4) dt.16-03-2023 reason, his/her bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. (5) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail. (6) The aforementioned payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise. Navya/- U T (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
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