Anuj Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 573 of 2024 (arising out of Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 74 of 2022), decided 20-08-2024 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Anuj Kumar (husband of informant Priyanka Kumari) apprehending arrest for IPC Sections 341, 323, 498A, 504, 34 (matrimonial cruelty/dowry demand). Bail conditional on Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. plus: Rs. 3,000/- per month maintenance deposited in informant's saving bank account (account number to be filed by affidavit); bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties to CJM Lakhisarai; bail bond cancellable on default of two consecutive monthly deposits; payments subject to orders in matrimonial/maintenance proceedings.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on bail (in the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks) on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Lakhisarai, in connection with Lakhisarai Mahila P.S. Case No. 74 of 2022, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions and further conditions requiring affidavit of the informant's saving bank account number and monthly deposit of Rs. 3,000/- maintenance therein, cancellable on two consecutive months' default.