Dr. Binod Kumar Choudhary vs The State Of Bihar on 19 May, 2026

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    Dr. Binod Kumar Choudhary vs The State Of Bihar on 19 May, 2026

    Author: Rajiv Roy

    Bench: Rajiv Roy

                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                     CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35949 of 2026
                        Arising Out of PS. Case No.-299 Year-2021 Thana- SHASTRINAGAR District- Patna
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                     Dr. Binod Kumar Choudhary
    
                                                                                     ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                          Versus
                     The State of Bihar
    
                                                            ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                     Appearance :
                     For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Amit Shrivastava, Sr. Advocate
                                              :      Mr. Kunal Tiwary, Advocate
                     For the State            :      Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, APP
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                     CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
                                           ORAL ORDER
    
    2   19-05-2026

    Heard Mr. Amit Shrivastava, learned Senior Counsel

    for the petitioner duly assisted by Mr. Kunal Tiwary and learned

    SPONSORED

    APP representing the State through virtual mode.

    2. The present petition has been preferred:

    “(i) for quashing of the order dated

    29.04.2026 passed in Cr. Rev. No. 117/2026

    whereby and where under the Learned Court of

    Sessions Judge, Patna has rejected the Cr. Rev.

    filed by the petitioner against the order dated

    02.02.2026 as well as against the order dated

    03.02.2026 passed by the Learned Court of

    S.D.J.M. Patna whereby and whereunder the

    Learned Court of S.D.J.M. Patna cancelled the

    bail bond of the petitioner and his son in utter
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    violation of direction of Hon’ble High Court in

    Cr. Misc. No. 9131 of 2024 dated 04.09.2024.

    (ii) for any other relief/reliefs for which the

    Petitioner is entitle to.”

    3. As per the prosecution story, the informant, Ankita

    Pandey made allegation that she was married to the petitioner,

    Shiwam Choudhary, presently residing in United States of

    America on 17.02.2021 but was tortured for dowry. The lady

    left U.S.A. after she claims to have been rescued by the

    American Police Helpline when she dialed the Emergency

    number 911, flew back to India which followed the FIR.

    4. Pursuant thereto, the father of Shiwam Choudhary

    Dr. Binod Kumar Chaudhary (the petitioner herein) filed Cr.

    Misc. No. 7647 of 2024 which was disposed of on 17.02.2024

    and the paragraph nos. 6 and 7 read as follows:

    “6. The husband is not before this Court

    rather it is the father-in-law. Even as per the

    allegation, while some allegation pertains to

    United States, he is an aged person and as per the

    learned Senior counsel, is ill and in that

    background, considerng the fact that he do not

    have criminal
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    antecedent and as undertaken that he will be

    diligently appearing in the trial, putting him in jail

    will serve no purpose, this Court is inclined to

    extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with

    conditions.

    7. Let the petitioner be released on bail

    in the event of arrest or surrender within a period

    of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on

    furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand)

    each with two sureties of like amount each to the

    satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M-IV, Patna in

    connection with Shastri Nagar P.S. Case No. 299

    of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down

    under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

    (i) one of the bailor should be the family

    member of the petitioner who shall provide official

    document to show his/her bona fide;

    (ii) the petitioner shall appear on each

    and every date before the Trial Court and failure

    to do so for two consecutive dates without

    plausible reason will entail cancellation of his

    bail bond by the Trial Court itself;

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    (iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to

    induce or promise or threat the witnesses or

    tamper with the evidences, failing which the State

    shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of

    the bail bonds;

    (iv) the petitioner shall desist from

    committing any criminal offence again, failing

    which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for

    cancellation of his bail bonds.”

    (emphasis added)

    5. The son, Shiwam Choudhary followed suit by

    filing Cr. Misc. No. 9131 of 2024 and after much deliberations

    and appearance of the lady, Ankita Pandey, they agreed that

    time has come to separate themselves and through a

    compromise petition they will be withdrawing all the cases.

    6. Paragraph no. 10 onwards of the said order Shiwam

    Choudhary (supra) read as follows:

    “10. This Court considering the facts of the case

    and the documents/photographs of the couple

    that are on record tried its level best to convince

    the young couple through their respective

    counsels to reunite. However, it seems that the
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    path on which they travelled after the lady

    returned from the U.S.A. took them to entirely

    different destinations from where the return

    journey is not possible.

    11. In that background, ultimately for

    the health of both of them, the learned counsels

    deliberated regularly for last six months which

    have resulted into this compromise petition.

    12. It would be appropriate to

    incorporate the entire compromise petition

    which read as follows:

    “1. That the instant Joint

    Compromise Petition is being filed on

    behalf of the petitioner as well as the

    Informant on account of intervention by

    the relatives and close family friends of

    both side and mutual and common

    understanding has been amicably reached

    among both the sides.

    2. That it has been agreed

    between both the parties that the

    petitioners will return the
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    jewellery/ornaments received from

    Informant side to the Informant. The

    inventory of which is given herein below:-

                                       (1) Saree               :   11 Pieces
    
                                       (2) Salwar Suit         :   10 Pieces
    
                                       (3) Gold Ring           :   3 Piece
    
                                       (4) Gold Chain          :   3 Piece
    
                                       (5) Silver Payal        :   1 set
    
                                       (6) Silver toe ring :       4 Pieces
    
                                       (7) Gold Choker set:        1 Piece
    
                                       (8) Gold Jhumka         :   1 set
    
                                       (9) Gold Bangle         :   1 set (2 pieces)
    
                                       (10) Silver Kia         :   2 set
    
                                       (11) Silver Fish        :   2 set
    
    

    (12) Silver Plate, Glass, Spoon, Bowl:1

    piece each

    (13) Suitcase : 5 pieces

    (14) Mang Tika : 1 piece

    (15) Gold Har set : 1 piece

    (16) Gold Nathiya : 1 piece

    (17) Gold coin : 1 of 2 gram

    (18) Silver Bichhiya: 4 pieces
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    (19) Gold Earrings: Exact count tbd

    (20) Watch : 1 Watch

    (21) Air pods : 1

    (22) Foorwear : 5 pairs

    3. That the above-mentioned

    items, along with any other items (if any)

    identified by the Petitioner as belonging to

    the informant after accessing and opening

    the locker upon his return to India, shall be

    returned to the informant. However, any

    such claim or counterclaim shall not affect

    the terms of this agreement. The

    aforementioned items will be handed over to

    the informant at the time of filing the bail

    bond.

    4. That apart from above

    mentioned items it has been also agreed

    between both the parties that the

    petitioner/his father (Dr. Binod Kumar

    Choudhary) will give final settlement

    amount of Rs. 50 lakhs (Rs. Fifty Lakhs) to

    the ‘Informant (Ankita Pandey) in two
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    installments. The first installment will be

    of Rs. 25 lakh which will be paid through

    Demand Draft drawn in favour of the

    Informant at the time of execution of the

    bail bondand thereafter both the parties

    will file mutual consent divorce under the

    13(B) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956.

    5. That on receiving the first

    installment of Rs. 25 Lakhs, the Informant

    will take steps to withdraw all the cases

    filed against the Petitioner and his family

    members, namely the criminal case

    bearing no. Shastri Nagar P.S. Case No.

    299/2021 dated 01.08.2021 registered

    under Section 341, 342, 323, 498A, 504,

    506/34 of Indian Penal Code and Section

    3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

    pending in the Court of Learned Sub-

    Judge-IV-cum-A.C.J.M, Patna and also

    D.V. Case no. of 66/2021 pending in the

    Court of Anuradha Kumari J.M.1st Class,

    Patna.

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    6. That the second installment of

    Rs. 25 Lakh will be paid by the

    petitioner/his father through demand draft

    drawn in favour of the Informant on the

    date of Decree of Divorce by mutual

    consent.

    7. That it is also mutually agreed

    between the Petitioner and Informant that

    an appropriate petition for grant of divorce

    by mutual consent u/s 13 B of the Hindu

    Marriage Act, 1956 will also be filed by the

    Petitioner and Informant immediately after

    furnishing of bail bond by the Petitioner in

    the month of September 2024 before the

    appropriate court of competent jurisdiction

    at Patna or Bengaluru (preferred) where

    the Informant is currently residing. They

    shall also jointly file a petition in such

    petition u/s 13 B for waiving the cooling

    period of six months.

    8. That the Informant assures

    and states on oath that upon receiving the
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    aforementioned items and final payment of

    Rs. 50 Lakhs as mutually agreed by the

    parties herein one time full and final

    settlement. The Petitioner and informant

    agree that they and/or their family member

    (s) shall not file any further case or FIR

    against each other or any other family

    member(s).

    9. That the Petitioners and

    Informant state on oath that the instant

    Joint Compromise Petition is being filed out

    of their free will, consent, and without any

    threat or coercion of any nature whatsoever

    and that they shall fully abide by and

    honour the terms and conditions set-forth in

    this Joint Compromise Petition.

    10. That upon affidavit of this

    Joint Compromise Petition the petitioners

    and Informant unequivocally declare and

    state that they and their respective families

    shall have no grievances whatsoever any

    further against each other.

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    11. That the petitioners and

    Informant are fully aware and conscious

    about the legal consequences if either or

    both of them violate any of the terms stated

    herein.

    12. That the Petitioners and

    Informant have read and fully understood

    the contents of this Joint Compromise

    Petition which they have received on email

    sent by their respective Advocate’s on

    Record to them individually.

    Consequentially they have given their

    written consent to affirm and file this Joint

    Compromise Petition through respective

    emails sent to their Learned Advocate’s on

    Record dated 19.08.2024 and dated

    26.08.2024 respectively.

    13. That the Petitioner has duly

    authorized his blood paternal uncle Shri

    Pramod Kumar to affirm and file this Joint

    Compromise Petition on his behalf. Like-

    wise the Informant has authorized her father
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    Shri Brajesh Pandey to affirm and file this

    Joint Compromise Petition before the

    Hon’ble High Court in the instant Cr. Misc.

    No. 9131 of 2024.”

    13. As the parties have come to an

    amicable settlement, in that background, with

    the consent of the parties and as there is no

    opposition from the learned counsel appearing

    on behalf of the informant, Ankita Pandey, this

    Court is inclined to extend the relief to the

    petitioner.

    14. Let the petitioner be released on

    bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a

    period of eight weeks from the receipt of this

    order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-

    (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like

    amount each to the satisfaction of learned

    A.C.J.M-IV, Patna in connection with Shastri

    Nagar P.S. Case No. 299 of 2021 subject to the

    conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of

    the Cr.P.C.”

    15. Cr. Misc. No. 9131 of 2024
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    (Shivam Choudhary vs. State of Bihar & Anr.)

    stands disposed of.”

    (emphasis added)

    7. The case of the petitioner is that the first

    installment of Rs.25,00,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs only)

    was handed over to the lady, Ankita Pandey through the

    Demand Draft (SBI) dated 23.09.2024 duly received by her

    father, Brajesh Pandey and this fact has also been recorded by

    the learned Trial Court while granting relief to the son, Shiwam

    Choudhary.

    8. The contention is that the lady thereafter has

    defaulted and the result is that their prayer under section 317 of

    the Cr.P.C. stands rejected by the Trial Court vide an order

    dated 03.02.2026.

    9. Aggrieved, the Criminal Revision No. 117 of 2026

    (Dr. Binod Kumar Choudhary vs The State and Ors.) was

    filed which too has been dismissed on 29.04.2026 and

    paragraph no.16 to 18 records which are the conclusion of

    learned Sessions Judge, Patna stands incorporated

    hereinbelow:

    “16. In view of the discussions made

    above, this Court finds no illegality, impropriety
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    in the impugned order dated 03.02.2026 passed

    by the learned S.D.J.M., Patna. The petitioner

    has failed to show that the trial court exercised

    its discretion arbitrarily or in disregard of the

    record.

    17. On the contrary, the materials

    available on record clearly establish that the

    petitioner violated the condition of anticipatory

    bail requiring his appearance before the trial

    court and also failed to comply with repeated

    directions for physical presence. The

    compromise recorded in Cr. Misc. No. 9131 of

    2024 did not supersede or dilute the specific bail

    condition imposed upon the present petitioner in

    Cr. Misc. No. 7647 of 2024.

    18. Accordingly, this criminal revision,

    being devoid of merit, is dismissed.”

    10. Aggrieved, the present petition.

    11. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits

    that when the matter moved in a positive direction, the parties

    agreed to the compromise to withdraw all the cases, the present

    order has seriously prejudiced the petitioner who is an aged
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    person. The lady received the first installment of Rupees Twenty

    Five Lakhs way back on 23.09.2024.

    12. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits

    that to show the bonafide, they are ready to submit a Demand

    Draft/Bank Draft of Rs.25,00,000/- (Twenty Five Lakhs), the

    second installment in favour of Ankita Pandey, the opposite

    party no.2, so that their part is completed as per the order passed

    by the Patna High Court in Shiwam Choudhary (supra) case.

    Further, submission is that the same shall be done latest by 22nd

    May, 2026 before the Registry.

    13. This Court has gone through the facts of the case

    as also the orders passed by the courts concerned. Though it is a

    matter of concern that pursuant to the earlier order passed in

    Shiwam Choudhary (supra) case way back in the year 2024,

    the parties have not completed the formalities and are dragging

    the cart. However, equally important is the fact that when the

    relief was granted to the petitioner, the conditions were there

    and he had complete knowledge of it. In that background, the

    least that was expected from him was either to appear before the

    Trial Court as per the condition envisaged and/or to file a proper

    modification petition before Patna High Court after the

    development that took place in the case of his son. He failed to
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    do so.

    14. However, when the parties have agreed to the end

    all the civil/criminal litigations and the lady has received first

    installment of Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs, the continuance of

    the cases may be detrimental to the cause of both the parties.

    15. The petitioner shown his bonafide by agreeing to

    submit Draft of rest Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs, in that

    background, issue notice to the opposite party no.2 through both

    processes i.e. ordinary as well as registered cover with A/D for

    which requisites etc. must be filed within a period of two weeks

    failing which the application shall stand rejected without further

    reference to the Bench.

    16. In case, the order passed is not complied and the

    matter accordingly stands dismissed, subsequently, the same be

    posted under the heading ‘To be Mentioned’.

    17. List this case on 01.07.2026 and/or the appearance

    of the opposite party no.2 whichever is earlier.

    18. In the meantime, the operation of the order dated

    29.04.2026 passed by the learned Sessions Judge, Patna in

    Criminal Revision No.117 of 2026 (Dr. Binod Kumar

    Choudhary vs. The State of Bihar and Ors.) as also the order

    dated 03.02.2026 passed by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial
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    Magistrate, Patna in GR No. 5105 of 2021 shall remain stayed.

    19. This Court makes it clear that the interim

    protection has been granted to the petitioner subject to the

    submission of a Bank Draft of Rs.25,00,000/- (Twenty Five

    Lakhs) favouring Ankita Pandey by 22nd May, 2026 with the

    Registry.

    (Rajiv Roy, J)
    vinayak/-

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