Guddu Kumar @ Guddu Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted by Patna High Court (CR. MISC. No.39056 of 2024, oral order dt. 03-04-2025, S. B. Pd. Singh, J.) to husband in matrimonial dispute; offences under Section 498A IPC and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act; Complaint Case No. 1878 of 2022 / PS Case No. 1878 of 2022, Thana Gopalganj, District Gopalganj; allegations of torture, assault and ousting of wife for non-fulfillment of dowry demand; Additional Public Prosecutor opposed; bail conditioned on undertaking to pay Rs. 4,000/- per month maintenance (two months' advance, affidavit in Trial Court, adjustable against future allowances, direct bank transfer on furnishing account details); bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.; bail to satisfaction of SDJM, Gopalganj.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from receipt/production of the order, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, in Complaint Case No. 1878 of 2022, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C., in view of the petitioner's undertaking to pay Rs. 4,000/- per month maintenance to his wife (two months' advance at filing of bail bond, affidavit in Trial Court, adjustable against future allowances, direct transfer on furnishing of account details).