Jitendra Kumar Prajapati v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.7021 of 2025, order dated 14-10-2025, Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J. Anticipatory bail under Section 498 IPC in Complaint Case No. 153 of 2023 (PS Case No. 153 of 2023, Rohtas) arising from matrimonial discord; earlier mediation before Patna High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre with agreement at Flag-M; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; conditional bail with interim maintenance of Rs. 2,000/- per month to children and Rs. 2,000/- per month to complainant-wife (o.p. no. 2); bail bond cancellation on two consecutive defaults; complainant to furnish bank account in trial court. Keywords: anticipatory bail, conditional bail, interim maintenance, Section 498 IPC, matrimonial dispute, mediation, Rohtas.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner: release on arrest or surrender within four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each before the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Dehrion-Sone, Rohtas, in Complaint Case No. 153 of 2023, subject to payment of interim maintenance of Rs. 2,000/- per month to each of his children and Rs. 2,000/- per month to the complainant (o.p. no. 2), with the bail bond to stand cancelled on default on two consecutive dates; complainant to furnish her bank account number in the court below.