Noveen Chandra Paswan @ Navin Chandra Paswan @ Naveen Chandra v. the State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.47903 of 2024, decided 22-01-2025 by Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh (oral order). Pre-arrest bail application by Noveen Chandra Paswan, husband of informant Antima Kumari, apprehending arrest in Mahila (Arwal) P.S. Case No. 36 of 2023 (Thana ARWAL MAHILA, District Jehanabad) registered under Sections 498(A), 506, 34 IPC and Sections 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act for dowry torture/harassment. Mediation referred and failed. Bail allowed on Rs. 10,000/- bond plus two like sureties subject to Section 438(2) CrPC, conditioned on monthly Rs. 3,000/- deposit to the wife's savings account; two-month default permits bail-bond cancellation; payments subordinate to matrimonial/maintenance proceedings. Keywords: anticipatory bail, dowry, 498A IPC, Dowry Prohibition Act, bail conditions, cancellation of bail bond.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged on bail, in the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and to the undertaking of monthly payment of Rs. 3,000/- to opposite party no. 2, failing which for two consecutive months the court below may cancel the bail-bond.