IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30006 of 2008 1. RANJAN THAKUR son of Ram Kishore Thakur 2. Chandan Thakur son of Ram Kishore Thakur 3. Ram Kishore Thakur son of Late Mahanand Thakur 4. Sharda Devi wife of Ram Kishore Thakur All resident of Chikni, P.S. Manihari, District Katihar ------Petitioners Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 12.11.2008 Heard the learned counsel for petitioner no.1 Ranjan Thakur and the State. The petitioner no.1 is apprehending his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.1864 of 2007 for the alleged offences registered under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner no.1 that the present complaint has been filed for ulterior purposes. As a matter of fact, the complainant does not want to live with petitioner no.1 and as such she filed the present complaint. The proceedings of the application for restitution of conjugal rights filed by the petitioner, contained in Annexure 2, would indicate that petitioner no.1 has all along been ready to keep the complainant, but it is the complainant who is not co-operating and living with petitioner no.1 nor contesting the case. It is further submitted that in the complaint, no specific allegation has been made against the said petitioner. The allegations are general in nature. The learned APP appearing on behalf of the State is not in a position to refute the above submissions. Considering the above, let petitioner no.1 Ranjan 2 Thakur, in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Complaint Case No.1864 of 2007, within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, in connection with the aforesaid case, on the conditions mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)