Punit Kumar @ Puneet KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71206 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-76 Year-2023 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Lakhisarai
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                 Punit Kumar @ Puneet Kumar S/o Prakash Sharma R/o- Barki Hathiya, P.S.-
                 Haveli Kharagpur, District - Munger

                                                                                    ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                        Versus
           1.    The State of Bihar
           2.    Sujata Kumari D/o Laxman Thakur R/o- Pachhna Road, Bishari asthan, P.S.-
                 Kavaiya, Dist.- Lakhisarai

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :        Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate
                 For the O.P. No.2        :        Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Advocate
                                                   Mr. Ritesh Kumar Narain Singh, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :        Mr. Binod Kumar, A.P.P.
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
                                       ORAL ORDER

5   09-04-2026                   Heard learned counsel for the parties concerned.

                                 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

                   with Lakhisarai Mahila Case No. 76 of 2023, registered for the

                   offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 498-A, 504 and

                   506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section ¾ of Dowry

                   Prohibition Act.

                                 3. As per the prosecution case, the marriage of the

                   informant was solemnized with the petitioner on 07.02.2022 as

                   per Hindue rites and rituals, with consent of both parties. Fifteen

                   days after the marriage, the informant was taken to Delhi by the

                   petitioner and returned after 13 months. Thereafter, the

                   informant’s in-laws started demanding further dowry from her
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          parents and they used to keep the informant empty stomach

          without providing any meal. It is further alleged that the accused

          persons ultimately assaulted the informant and expelled her

          from her matrimonial home, after which she has been residing at

          her father’s house.

                       4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that

          petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

          case inasmuch as he has not committed any offence in the

          manner alleged. He further submits that the matter was sent for

          mediation by this Court vide order dated 11.02.2026 and final

          mediation report is on record (flag-‘M”). From perusal of the

          same it appears that both husband and wife arrived at amicable

          settlement and have jointly signed the agreement containing

          terms and conditions of compromise on 19.03.2026.

                       5. Learned counsel for the O.P. No. 2 supports the

          argument of learned counsel for the petitioner regarding

          amicable settlement arrived at between the parties through the

          process of mediation.

                       6. Considering the fact that the matter has been

          compromised and both husband and wife has arrived at

          amicable settlement before the learned Mediator and mediation

          report has been submitted by the learned Mediator having the
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                     terms and conditions of compromise, I am inclined to grant the

                     petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail subject to the condition

                     that the parties shall abide by the terms and conditions entered

                     into between them before the learned Mediator mentioned in the

                     mediation report dated 06.04.2026.

                                  7. Accordingly, the prayer for bail allowed.

                                  8. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his

                     arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, 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 learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate,

                     Lakhisarai, in connection with Lakhisarai Mahila Police Station

                     Case No. 76 of 2023, subject to the condition laid down under

                     Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.



                                              (Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
Siwani/-

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