Subodh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted with monetary settlement conditions; Patna HC CR. MISC. No.23787 of 2025, order dt. 03-07-2025, Judge Rajesh Kumar Verma; Complaint Case No. 767 of 2024 / PS Case No.-767 Year-2023, Patna City; Sections 323 and 498A IPC; Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita conditions; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- plus two sureties; one-time settlement Rs. 4,25,000/- (draft Rs. 2,25,000/- to complainant Priya Kumari at bail-bond stage; balance Rs. 2,00,000/- within three months); mutual withdrawal of pending cases; alleged dowry demand Rs. 5,00,000/-; SDJM Patna City; parties Subodh Kumar v. State of Bihar and Priya Kumari; advocates Mukesh Kumar, Anil Kumar (APP), Vinod Pandey; criminal antecedent verification; cancellation triggers: tampering, two-date unjustified absence, concealed antecedents.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: release in the event of arrest or surrender within thirty days, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, Patna, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and to settlement conditions (demand draft of Rs. 2,25,000/- to the complainant, balance Rs. 2,00,000/- within three months, and mutual withdrawal of pending cases).