Rajesh Paswan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 23857 of 2024; decided 17-02-2026; Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.; petitioner Rajesh Paswan vs State of Bihar and Manju Devi (informant, OP-2); arises out of Barahara (Sinha O.P.) P.S. Case No. 415 of 2023, District Bhojpur; offences under IPC Sections 323, 341, 504, 498(A)/34; alleged dowry torture/harassment by husband; conditional bail granted operative on arrest/surrender within eight weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; conditions of Section 438(2) CrPC and Section 482 BNSS; undertaking to pay Rs. 3,000 per month to wife; deposit into her disclosed savings bank account; cancellation of bail-bond on two consecutive months' default; payments subject to matrimonial/maintenance proceedings; mediation failed.
What did the court decide?
Conditional release on bail granted: petitioner to be enlarged on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Bhojpur, Ara, in connection with Barahara (Sinha O.P.) P.S. Case No. 415 of 2023, effective upon arrest/surrender within eight weeks, subject to section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS conditions and the undertaking to pay Rs. 3,000/- per month to opposite party no. 2 into her savings bank account (to be disclosed by affidavit), with bail-bond cancellable on default of two consecutive months' deposits.