IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.15608 of 2008 JAN MOHAMMAD @ JAN MOHAMAD & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR With Cr. Misc. No. 17500 of 2008 Md. Matiur Rahman Versus STATE OF BIHAR 2 7.5.08. Cr. Misc. No. 15608 of 2008, (Jan Mohammad @ Jan Mohamad and three others Vrs. State of Bihar) and Cr. Misc. No. 17500 of 2008, (Md. Matiur Rahman Vrs. State of Bihar), both these applications have been taken up together as they arise out of the same Complaint Case No. 184/2008 under Sections 498A, 379 and 120B of the I.P.C. and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and having been heard together is being disposed of by this common order. The complainant Shahedi Khatoon filed the aforesaid complaint inter alia alleging that her marriage with the petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 17500 of 2008 (Md. Matiur Rahman) took place one and half years back and went to her marital home, where she was beaten up by accused Nos. 2 to 5 who also used to instigate the husband of Shahedi Khatoon to make demand of Rs. 60,000/- and one Hero Honda Motorcycle and on non-fulfilment of demand she was subjected to torture and finally she was ousted from the marital home. Petitioner No. 1 of Cr. Misc. No. 15608 of 2008 who happens to be full brother of petitioner No.2, who is first wife of Md. Matiur Rahman, the petitioner of Cr. Misc. No. 17500 of 2008 and petitioner Nos. 3 and 4 are strangers to the family. It appears from the complaint petition that the allegations - 2 - are of general and omnibus nature against the petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 15608 of 2008 whereas the allegations against the husband appears to be direct and specific. In that view of the matter the petitioners namely; Jan Mohammad @ Jan Mohamad, Amna Khatoon, Md. Quasim and Md. Noor Alam of Cr. Misc. No. 15608 of 2008, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court below within three weeks from today shall be enlarged on bail on each of them furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousnad) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Complaint Case No. 184 of 2008, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. So far as the petitioner namely; Md. Matiur Rahman of Cr. Misc. No. 17500 of 2008 is concerned; his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. M. Pal. (Abhijit Sinha, J)