IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.8303 of 2010 GANESH PRASAD @ DABLU KUMAR VEYAHUT S/o Gopal Prasad Veyahut Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3/ 21.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as well as informant, who has appeared suo motu. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 341, 323, 504, 498(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The informant alleged demand of dowry and torture. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is always willing to keep the girl with him and for which he has filed a case for restitution of conjugal right. Learned counsel further submits that pursuant to the initiative undertaken by learned Sessions Judge, the girl started living in matrimonial home and he tried to keep the girl with due care. Counsel for the informant submits that the petitioner did not keep the girl well. After hearing the parties, this Court is of the view that one more opportunity should be provided to the parties to live together. In the circumstances, this Court passes the following orders. (i) No coercive steps would be taken against petitioner for a period of 10 weeks from today in connection with Bihian P.S. case no. 165 of 2008 arising out of Complaint case no. 1152 C of 2008 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara (ii) The learned magistrate would call both the petitioner as - 2 - well as opposite party no.2 / informant in the court and would try for conciliation. (iii) Pursuant to the conciliation, if the parties agree to live together, the interim protection granted to the petitioner may be extended for a few dates more in order to ascertain that the parties are living together well, and if the Magistrate is satisfied that the parties are living together well, the court would confirm the provisional bail to his satisfaction. In case, the learned Magistrate finds that the parties are not living together well, then the court below will decide the bail application on its own merit. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)