Ravi Shankar Gupta v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16904 of 2024; order dated 12-11-2024; Justice Anjani Kumar Sharan; petitioner Ravi Shankar Gupta (Gorakhpur, U.P.); opposite party no. 2 Soni Gupta (Narkatiaganj, West Champaran); dowry demand; ouster from matrimonial home; Sections 323, 498(A), 504 IPC; Complaint Case No. 2278 of 2022; P.S. Case No. 2278 of 2022; bail bond Rs. 25,000 with two sureties; monthly payment of Rs. 3,000 to wife; cancellation of bail bond on default; bank account details affidavit; District Mediation Center; reconciliation or one-time settlement; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner: release on arrest or surrender within six weeks on a bail bond of Rs. 25,000 with two sureties of like amount, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions, conditioned further on payment of Rs. 3,000 per month to opposite party no. 2 (with bail-bond cancellation exposure on two consecutive months' default), the payment being subject to any order in matrimonial maintenance or collateral proceedings; counsel for opposite party no. 2 to furnish her bank account details within two weeks by affidavit; liberty to either party to seek mediation/referral for reconciliation or one-time settlement.