IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.53849 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-252 Year-2022 Thana- BEGUSARAI COMPLAINT CASE District- Begusarai ====================================================== Raghbendra @ Rahul Kumar @ Raghvendra Kumar S/o Damodar Prasad Singh R/o Village - Dhiradar, Near Durga Mandir, Post Jawas, P.S- Barahiya, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Archana Kumari W/o Raghbendra @ Rahul Kumar @ Raghvendra Kumar D/o Rajkishor Singh, R/o Village - Dhiradar, Near Durga Mandir, Post Jawas, P.S - Barahiya, District - Lakhisarai At present R/o maika Village - Pidhauli, P.S - Teghra, District - Begusarai ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sandip Kumar Gautam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A, 307, 387, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, petitioner along with other F.I.R. named accused persons is alleged to have tortured and harassed the complainant due to non-fulfillment of demand of dowry. 4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, while denying the allegations, submits that petitioner is innocent and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.53849 of 2025(2) dt.18-08-2025 2/2 has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he is husband of opposite party no. 2. Petitioner is ready to keep her with full honour and safety. He further submits that pursuant to order dated 23.12.2022 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai in Maintenance Case No. 13 of 2022, petitioner has already paid Rs. 1,70,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 and he undertakes to continue to pay her Rs. 7,000/- per month as maintenance. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. In view of the aforesaid submission, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Complaint Case No. 252C of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T