Rajendra Kumar Maraiya @ Rajendra Kumar @ Rajendra Maraiya v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Matrimonial dispute with dowry allegations
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.48609 of 2024, decided 03-04-2025 by S. B. Pd. Singh, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Rajendra Kumar Maraiya in Falka (Katihar) Case No. 308 of 2021 under Sections 341, 323, 498A, 494, 34 IPC — matrimonial dispute/dowry demand case; conditions: Rs. 3,000 per month maintenance payable two months in advance to wife (Soni Devi), adjustable against future maintenance orders; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; Section 438(2) CrPC conditions apply. Application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Katihar, in Falka Case No. 308 of 2021, subject to Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. conditions and conditional payment of Rs. 3,000/- per month maintenance (two months in advance) to the bank account of O.P. No. 2, adjustable against future maintenance orders.