Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.71594 of 2024, oral order dated 10-02-2025 by Hon'ble Justice S. B. Pd. Singh: Vikki Prakash v. The State of Bihar & Soni Kumari (PS Case No. 33 of 2024, Mahila PS, Buxar; IPC Ss. 498A, 323, 341, 34; Dowry Prohibition Act S. 3/4). Anticipatory bail application in a matrimonial dispute resolved via Patna High Court Mediation Proceeding No. 1707 of 2024 (agreement dated 26.11.2024): petitioner to pay Rs. 4,00,000/- full and final settlement in three installments and both parties to withdraw pending cases; petitioner enlarged on provisional bail on Rs. 10,000/- bail bond with two sureties to SDJM Buxar; Trial Court to confirm bail after verifying payment receipts and case withdrawals; application disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on provisional bail in connection with Buxar Mahila Police Station Case No. 33 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Buxar; conditional on payment of Rs. 4,00,000/- settlement to opposite party no. 2 as per the Memorandum of Agreement of Mediation Proceeding No. 1707 of 2024 and mutual withdrawal of pending cases; Trial Court to confirm the provisional bail after verifying deposit receipts and withdrawal of cases.