Sumit Kumar @ Sumit Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.14095 of 2025, oral order dated 11-11-2025 by Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J. Anticipatory bail ALLOWED for petitioner Sumit Kumar @ Sumit Kumar Singh in Bikramganj P.S. Case No. 355 of 2024 (District Rohtas), a matrimonial dispute with charges under Sections 498(A), 323, 341, 307/34 IPC and Sections 3-4 D.P. Act. Release on arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below on Rs. 10,000/- bail bond with two like sureties, subject to s. 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; petitioner to pay Rs. 8,000/- per month interim maintenance to informant/opposite party no. 2 (Khusbu Kumari). Prior mediation at Patna High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre (referred 19.04.2025) failed. No precedents cited; no dissenting opinion.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., Bikramganj, Rohtas, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; petitioner further directed to pay Rs. 8,000/- per month as interim maintenance to opposite party no. 2 (the informant), subject to any other competent-court maintenance order.