IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26896 of 2008 ANIL KUMAR SINGH Son of Late Ramanuj Singh, resident of Balupar(Maner), P.S. Maner, District Patna -----Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. RITA KUMARI, w/o Sri Anil Kumar Singh D/o Late Siya Choudhary of Village Registry Paharpur, P.S. Jurabanpur, Dist. Vaishali -----Opposite Parties ----------- 3. 10.11.2008 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as well as opposite party no.2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.2875/2005 for the alleged offences registered under sections 498A, 323 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the present complaint has been filed for ulterior purposes since much before filing of the present complaint, the petitioner had filed a complaint case, as contained in Annexure 3. Thereafter the petitioner filed civil suit vide Title Suit No.5 of 2005, as contained in Annexure 2, against the complainant and her brothers, whereupon the present complaint has been filed against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the present complaint has been filed in retaliation to the earlier cases. The learned counsel appearing for opposite party no.2 opposes the prayer for bail and submits that in view of the allegations, 2 the petitioner is not entitled to the privilege of anticipatory bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Complaint Case No.2875/2005 within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur, Vaishali, in connection with the aforesaid case, on the conditions mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)