IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.6743 of 2010 ATIYA DEVI & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 26.2.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. All these petitioners who are part of the family members are apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 1109( C) of 2008. Cognizance has been taken under section 498A of the I.P.C and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Complaint has been filed by one Sunita Devi @ Sumitra Devi alleging harassment for demand of dowry at the hands of all the accused persons. Some allegations have been made in this regard. The complaint case instituted is dated 6.9.2008. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that lodging of present complaint is fall out of certain family dispute and to settle the dispute a kind of partition and arrangement has been worked in the family. Final settlement was done on 6.3.2008 with the intervention of the local police which was evident from annexure-2. Even in the order of learned Sessions Judge there is no over bearing material which has been pin pointed against these petitioners. Keeping the above in mind, the petitioners, namely, (1) Atiya Devi, (2) Sunita Devi, (3) Sanjana Devi, (4) Mahendra Mahto, (5) Niro Mahto @ Nirankar Mahto and (6) Natho Mahto @ Amarnath Mahto are directed to surrender before - 2 - the court below within four weeks from today and on their so surrendering, they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Complaint Case No. 1109 (C ) of 2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)