IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.28934 of 2008 1. PERMANAND PRASAD @ NANDU BIND 2. RAMLAL BIND @ MUNIB BIND 3. KEWALA DEVI 4. RAMESH BIND 5. BIMLA DEVI 6. RAMDHAHIN KEWAT Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 5. 05.01.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and for Opposite party no. 2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in a complaint case under Sections 406, 420 of the Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners denies the allegation. Counsel for the complainant does not oppose the application with regard to petitioners 3 & 5 on the ground of their being ladies with generalized allegations. The allegations are of having accepted dowry and not solemnized the marriage for reasons of the non-payment of the balance dowry. Let the petitioners 3 & 5, abovenamed surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, when they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Bhabhua in Complaint Case No. 491 of 2007. Any application for regular bail on behalf of 2 petitioners 1 & 2, 4 & 6 shall be considered by the court below appropriately in light of the attitude of the said petitioners in view of the fact that the provisions of the Penal Code are compoundable in nature without being prejudiced by the present order. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)