IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43389 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - BIRPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Sharma Son of Shri Bechan Sharma Village and Po- Parsa, ward no 05, PS -kishanpur, District -supaul ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar bihar 2. Rekha Kumari Wife of Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Sharma Village and Po- Parsa, ward no 05, PS -kishanpur, District -supaul Present Daughter of Baua sharma, village- Ratanpur, Ward no. 7, Ps- Ratanpura, Dist- Supaul ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Amrit Abhijat For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Veena Kumari Jaiswal ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 5 21-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 119C of 2023 registered for the offence under Sections 323, 341, 504, 498A of the Indian Penal Code and under Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. 3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and others are accused of assaulting and torturing the victim for demand of dowry and the accused persons have also ousted the victim from her matrimonial home. 4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43389 of 2025(5) dt.21-01-2026 2/3 been implicated in this case. 5. Learned counsel for the informant has opposed the application of the petitioner. 6 . Considering the submission of the parties and in view of the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273, this application of grant of anticipatory bail is allowed. 7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within four weeks from today, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM, Birpur, Supaul/concerned Court below in connection with Complaint Case No. 119C of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS. 8. As a condition of this order, the petitioner is directed to pay a maintenance amount of Rs. 10,000/- from the month of January, 2026 to the informant and the maintenance for the month of January, 2026 shall be paid to the informant before 31.01.2026 and thereafter the maintenance amount shall Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43389 of 2025(5) dt.21-01-2026 3/3 be paid to the informant every month before the 10th day of the month. Vikas/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U