Sanjiv Kumar Bantar @ Sanjiv Bantar Vs The State of Bihar

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80745 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2012 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - BENIPUR District- Darbhanga

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Sanjiv Kumar Bantar @ Sanjiv Bantar S/o Ram Jiwan Bantar R/o VillageDassaun, Amrupi, Ps- Lakhnaur, Dist- Madhubani

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar

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Parwati Devi W/o Sanjiv Kumar Bantar @ Sanjiv Bantar, D/o Nathuni Bantar R/o vill - Mahtbar, P.s. - Ghanshyampur, Distt.- Darbhanga

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... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Baidyanath Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

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4 15-04-2026 1. Heard the parties.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with C.R. Case No. 74 / 2012 or T.R. No. 526 / 2014 dated 23.02.2012 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 498A, 494, 406, 323, 379 of the I.P.C. and Section ¾ 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 in the year 2009 according to Hindu rites and rituals and out of the wed lock the complainant gave birth to a male child. It is alleged that after 1 ½ years of the marriage the accused persons including the petitioner started demanding dowry of Rs. 50,000/-, one

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motocycle, colour TV and a C.D. and due to non fulfillment of the demand, the accused persons subjected the complainant to mental and physical torture. It is further alleged that the petitioner performed second marriage with one Seeta Kumari on 16.02.2012 and on 21.02.2012 the complainant was ousted from her matrimonial home.

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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 the complainant did not want to do domestic work and used to quarrel with other family members over petty matters. He next submits that the complainant herself does not want to live with the petitioner at the native village of the petitioner and put pressure upon the petitioner to settle in Darbhanga by leaving his other family members even his old parents. 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. 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. 3,000/- per month to the opposite

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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 petitioner has performed second marriage 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 directed to deposit the said amount of Rs. 3,000/- 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

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bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Biraul Darbhanga in connection with C.R. Case No. 74 / 2012 or T.R. No. 526 / 2014 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) the petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs. 3,000/- per month in the bank account of opposite party no. 2 positively by the 7^th day of every month starting from the month of May, 2026.

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(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)

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praful/-

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