Patna High Court – Orders
Arnav Vatsa vs The State Of Bihar on 14 August, 2025
Author: Anil Kumar Sinha
Bench: Anil Kumar Sinha
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21059 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2024 Thana- MAHILA P.S. District- Rohtas
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ARNAV VATSA Son of Gopal Prasad Singh Resident of Village - Sonbarsha,
Police Station - Kargahar, District - Rohtas at Sasaram.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. Ishu Raj Wife of Arnav Vatsa Daughter of Late Arun Kumar Singh,
Permanent Resident of Village - Sakri, Police Station - Kudra, District -
Kaimur at Bhabhua, at present Mohalla - Company Sarai, Police Station
Sasaram, District - Rohtas.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Indu Kumari Srivastava
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
3 14-08-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel
for the Opposite Party No. 2 and learned Additional
Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out
of Mahila Police Station Case No. 17 of 2024, dated
27.09.2024, for the offences punishable under Sections
420/384/506/34/498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and
Sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
3. The petitioner is the husband of the Opposite Party No. 2.
The marriage between them was solemnized on
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25.01.2022 as per Hindu rites. In the marriage informant’s
brother and mother gave Rs. 2,10,000/- in cash, other
household articles, furniture and gold/diamond ornaments
worth Rs. 2,00,000/-. The allegation is that the husband,
along with other family members, after marriage, started
demanding Rs. 5,00,000/- cash and one innova car as
dowry and due to non-fulfillment of the said demand, the
Opposite Party No. 2-wife was tortured, both mentally
and physically.
4. Earlier, the matter was referred to mediation centre by
this Court vide its order, dated 23.04.2025.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
mediation has been successful and both the parties have
resolved their disputes through process of mediation in
accordance with the terms of settlement, mutually arrived
at by the parties, having been recorded in the mediation
report, dated 18.07.2025, passed in Mediation Proceeding
No. 596 of 2025.
6. Referring to the meditation report, learned counsel
submits that the petitioner-husband is ready to pay Rs.
8,00,000/- as full and final settlement, along with other
household articles, as mentioned in paragraph-1 of the
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mediation report, to the Opposite party no. 2. He further
submits that the first installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- has
already been paid on 18.07.2025, in the mediation centre
itself and the second installment of Rs. 4,00,000/- shall be
paid by the petitioner in favour of the opposite party no. 2
in the month of December, 2025.
7. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the
opposite party no. 2-wife accepted the offer of final
settlement made by the petitioner and gave her consent.
8. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone
through the materials available on record, including
mediation report.
9. It appears that the mediation has been successful between
the parties and as per the settlement arrived at between
the parties, the petitioner has paid the first installment of
Rs. 4,00,000/- to the opposite party no. 2 on 18.07.2025,
in the meditation centre itself, and the petitioner
undertook to pay the second/final installment of Rs.
4,00,000/- in the month of December, 2025, to the
opposite party no. 2.
10.Further, it has been agreed between both the parties that
they will withdraw respective cases (civil/criminal in
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nature) filed against each other.
11.Finally, both the parties have agreed to file mutual
divorce petition in terms of Section 13-B of the Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955, before the Principal Judge, Family
Court, Rohtas, after two weeks from disposal of the
present case.
12. Considering the submissions advanced by the parties and
taking into consideration the terms of settlement arrived
at between them in mediation and in the interest of both
the husband and the wife, I am inclined to grant the
petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail, subject to
condition that the petitioner shall abide by the terms and
condition of the settlement and the agreement as
mentioned in paragraph-9, 10 and 11 of this application.
13. With the aforesaid observations and direction, this
application is allowed.
14. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest
or surrender before the Court below within a period of
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 learned Sub
Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram, in
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connection with Mahila Police Station Case No. 17 of
2024.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
ashwani/-
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