IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8340 of 2009 SHYAM CHANDRA PRASAD VERMA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03. 03.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. Petitioner who is father-in-law is in judicial custody since 17.1.2009 in relation to Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 280 of 2008 for an offence under sections 498A and 323/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that it is a case of omnibus allegation of demand of dowry for which father- in-law has been dragged into the matter and is in custody for more than six months now. Even if the allegation is said to be true the responsibility to some extent lies at the door of the husband. Looking at the allegation and the time petitioner spent in jail, let the petitioner Shyam Chandra Prasad Verma be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in Civil Lines P S Case No. 280 of 2008. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)