IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32397 of 2008 SANJAY SINGH S/o Umesh Singh R/o Village Ghosrao, P.S. Gioriak, District – Nalanda at Biharsharif Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 30.09.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered for the offences under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted that the present complaint has been lodged for ulterior purpose after 18 years of marriage. It is further submitted that as a matter of fact, this petitioner was kidnapped and forcefully marriage was solemnized in the year 1988 in which the father of the petitioner lodged Giriyak P.S. Case No. 18 of 1988. The said case, however, was later on compromised on the intervention of the local people. It is further submitted that in terms of that compromise the petitioner as well as the complainant is living separately. Learned counsel for the State is not in a position to refute the submissions on behalf of the petitioner that - 2 - the marriage was solemnized in the year 1988 and police case was lodged by the father of the petitioner as stated in the application for bail. Having considered the submissions as noted above, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Biharsharif in connection with Complaint Case No. 1013 C of 2006 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)