Umesh Mandal @ Umesh Kumar Mandal v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court single-bench oral order dated 14-03-2024 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh granting conditional pre-arrest/enlargement-on-bail relief in CR. MISC. No.15853 of 2024 to Umesh Mandal @ Umesh Kumar Mandal, husband of opposite party no. 2 Babita Devi, in a Section 498(A) Indian Penal Code complaint (PS Case No. 154 of 2021; C.R. Case No. 154 of 2021, JMFC Benipatti, Madhubani). Bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties; section 438(2) CrPC conditions; distinctive feature is bail made conditional on monthly maintenance deposit of Rs. 3000/- into the wife's disclosed saving bank account, with power to cancel bail bond on two consecutive months' default, and express subordination of payments to matrimonial/maintenance proceedings. Advocates: Shailendra Kumar (petitioner); Tarun Prasad Mandal, APP (opposite parties).
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on bail (on arrest/surrender within six weeks) on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties, subject to section 438(2) CrPC conditions and to conditions requiring monthly deposit of Rs. 3000/- maintenance into opposite party no. 2's saving bank account, failing which for two consecutive months the court below may cancel the bail bond.