Vicky Choudhary v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail allowed in S. 498(A) IPC matrimonial dispute (Saran Complaint Case No. 2691 of 2023) — CR. MISC. No.4044 of 2025, decided 09-05-2025 by Justice Satyavrat Verma, Patna High Court. Release on bail-bonds of Rs. 5,000 with two sureties of like amount within six weeks, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; conditioned on Rs. 8,000 per month interim maintenance to the wife from 25.05.2025; liberty reserved to opposite party no. 2 for cancellation if maintenance unpaid for two consecutive months; interim maintenance stops when maintenance is fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail, on arrest or surrender within six weeks, upon furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 5,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Aditya Kumar Sharma, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saran at Chhapra, subject to S. 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions; grant coupled with petitioner's undertaking to pay monthly maintenance of Rs. 8,000/- to opposite party no. 2 from 25.05.2025; opposite party no. 2 free to seek cancellation if maintenance is unpaid for two consecutive months; interim maintenance to cease once maintenance is fixed by a court of competent jurisdiction.