PATNA, India, June 11 -- Patna High Court issued the following order on May 13:

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 498A,323,341,504,379,34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the D. P. Act.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner, being husband, has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the complainant. It is next submitted that relationship in between the petitioner and the opposite party no.2 has soured to extent where it is not possible to revive the conjugal relationship in the near future, but then, with passage of time and on intervention of well-wishers, the parties may resolve their dispute amicably. It is also submitted that petitioner being husband is aware of his responsibility and is willing to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs.3,000/- (Rs. Three Thousand) to the opposite party no.2, which shall commence from 01.06.2025.

4. The learned counsel appearing on behalf of the opposite party no.2 submits that when petitioner is willing to pay a monthly maintenance, as such, no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioner to jail. It is also submitted that in the event, if petitioner is sent to judicial custody, chances of future reconciliation will get marred. It is next submitted that bank account number of the opposite party no.2 shall be whatsapped to the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner undertakes to communicate the same to the petitioner, so that the monthly maintenance as agreed commences from the 01.06.2025.

5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Aurangabad Complaint Case No.874 of 2023, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

6. The application stands allowed.

7. However, it is made clear that the opposite party no.2 shall be at liberty to file an application seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail of the petitioner, in the event, if the petitioner does not pay the monthly maintenance as agreed for two consecutive months.

8. It is further made clear that if the Court of competent jurisdiction fixes the maintenance, the present maintenance shall stop.

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