The court allowed bail conditioned upon the petitioner providing financial relief to the respondent, underscoring the relevance of protecting the respondent’s rights and ensuring compliance with legal obligations.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

3 22-01-2026 Pursuant to order of this Court, the matter was referred to Mediation & Conciliation Center of Patna High Court, but the dispute between the parties could not be resolved through the process of mediation and as such, mediation failed (Report kept at flag ‘M’).

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the opposite party no.2.

3. The petitioner, who is husband of opposite party no.2, apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 85/82(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

4. Prosecution case in brief is that opposite party no.2 was married with the petitioner in 2022 in temple. After marriage, she came to know that petitioner is already married with some other lady. However, after sometime, petitioner ousted opposite party no.2 from the matrimonial house. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, while denying the allegations, submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. As a mater of fact, opposite party no.2 is habitual offender of doing honey trapping of reputed person and extorting money. However, petitioner is ready to give Rs. 5000/-per month to opposite party no.2 by way of temporary relief/solace, starting from this month, subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings.

6. Learned counsel for the State as well as opposite party no.2 oppose the prayer for bail. Learned counsel for opposite party no.2 submits that the petitioner, being husband of opposite party no.2, in connivance with his family members, subjected her to harassment and cruelty and also ousted her from his house. It is further submitted that petitioner is an employee in Secretariate and opposite party no.2 has no means of livelihood and is on the verge of starvation.

7. In view of the undertaking of learned counsel for the petitioner as well as condition of opposite party no.2, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, above-named, 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 the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate II, Danapur Patna in Rupaspur Police Station Case No. 519 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023 as well as on the following conditions:-

(i) Opposite party no.2. would file an affidavit before the court below and bring on record her saving bank account number for its communication to the petitioner.

(ii) Petitioner would deposit the aforesaid interim relief per month in the saving bank account of the opposite party no.2.

(iii) In case, petitioner fails to deposit the aforesaid amount of temporary relief/solace for two consecutive months, the court below would be at liberty to cancel the bail-bond.

(iv) The aforementioned payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial, maintenance or connected proceedings. The present order, in no way, will preclude the parties to resolve the issue otherwise.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)