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Chandan Kumar Rai v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC9 Apr 2026CR. MISC./25640/2025

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What is this about?

Husband sought anticipatory bail in a dowry cruelty complaint filed by his wife after he instituted divorce proceedings. He undertook to pay Rs. 5,000 per month as living cost, which the complainant accepted. The court granted anticipatory bail subject to conditions including monthly payment.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties, conditioned on paying Rs. 5,000 per month to opposite party no. 2.

Chandan Kumar Rai Vs The State of Bihar — Dowry and Cruelty | Patna HC (2026)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25640 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2027 Year-2022 Thana- BHOJPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Bhojpur

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Chandan Kumar Rai S/o Rajendra Prasad Rai @ Gagendra Prasad R/o Village- Bhaluana, P.S.- Charpokhari, District- Bhojpur

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar

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Priyanka Devi W/o Chandan Kumar Rai D/o Laddu Rai, R/o BHaluana, P.S.- Charpokhari, District- Bhojpur. At present R/o Agiwan, P.S.- Agiwan (Garhani), Dist.- Bhojpur

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Suryajit Prakash For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Kanhiya Kishor ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

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4 09-04-2026 1. Heard the parties.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 2027 of 2022 dated 13.12.2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 498(A), 379, 506 / 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 3 / 4 of the D.P. Act.

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The prosecution case in short is that the marriage of the complainant was solemnized with the petitioner according to Hindu rites and rituals on 01.05.2015. It is alleged that the accused persons including the petitioner started demanding five lakhs and one Hero Honda motorcycle as dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the demand they tortured the complainant

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25640 of 2025(4) dt.09-04-2026 2/4

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mentally and physically.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and he has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that neither any dowry demand has been made from the complainant by the petitioner or any of his family members nor the complainant has been subjected to any type of assault or torture at any point of time. The petitioner has filed Divorce Case No. 274 of 2022 on 12.07.2022 in the Family Court at Ara, Bhojpur in which the complainant appeared and thereafter she has filed the present complaint. However, without prejudice to the right and contention of the petitioner and in order to maintain harmony in the family, the petitioner undertakes to pay a sum of Rs. 5,000/- per month to the opposite party no. 2 as “living cost” subject to final outcome of the present case as well as matrimonial case and / or maintenance case if any filed and decided between the parties.

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Learned counsel for the complainant / opposite party no. 2 submits that the complainant has one girl child to look after and the complainant / opposite party no. 2 is at the verge of starvation. However, he accepts the offer so made by learned counsel for the petitioner and submits that the petitioner may be

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directed to deposit the said amount of Rs. 5,000/- per month in the bank account of the complainant / opposite party no. 2 , details of which shall be furnished by learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2 to learned counsel for the petitioner within ten days from today.

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After having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the materials on record and the fact that offer made by learned counsel for the petitioner has been accepted by learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2, as such, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

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Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest / surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Ms. Nandini Suman, Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Ara, Bhojpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 2027 of 2022 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. as well as the following condition:-

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(i) that the petitioner shall deposit a sum of

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Rs. 5,000/- per month in the bank account of the

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opposite party no. 2 positively by the 7^th day of every month starting from the month of May,

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(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)

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praful/-

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