IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.39010 of 2009 1. Kripa Shankar Singh, son of Late Rama Shankar Singh, 2. Sushila Devi, wife oif Vidya Sagar Singh, 3. Vidya Sgar Singh, son of Late Rama Shankar Singh, all of village Amritpali, PS Ballia, District, Ballia (U.P.) – petitioners. Vs. 1. The State of Bihar, 2. Seema Kumari, wife of Kripa Shankar Singh, daughter of Narayan Choudhary, village Amritpali, PS and Dist. Ballia, U.P., at present Mohalla Mallah Toli, Buxar, PS Buxar Town, Dist. Buxar – opp. parties. 3 21.1.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case under sections 498A of the Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. There is omnibus allegations against petitioners 2 and 3 with respect to the offences under section 498A of the Penal Code and sections 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioners no.2 and 3 are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender within six weeks, in Complaint Case No. 10©2003 on furnishing bail bonds of rupees ten thousand each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Buxar, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of petitioner no.1 Kripa Shankar Singh is rejected. Petitioner no.1 at the time of surrender may file an application that he is willing to keep his wife and if the opposite party no.2 appears in this case, the court below may take steps to reconcile the differences between the parties. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)