IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.31165 of 2008 NEERAJ KUMAR SINGH @ NIRAJ KUMAR SINGH Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Payal Priyadarshani @ Payal Singh ----------- 3. 12.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for Opposite party no. 2. Learned Senior counsel, Mr. Krishna Pd. Singh on behalf of the petitioner submits that he himself had also gone to the chambers of learned Senior counsel Sri Rana Pratap Singh for the Opposite party in an effort by both the learned Senior Counsels to help the parties resolve the issue, accompanied by his client. Both the senior counsels then waited in chambers of the latter for approximately one hour when neither Opposite party no. 2 turned up nor did her counsel. The earlier order was passed in presence of the counsels for the parties. The allegations are under Section 498 A of the Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner is the husband. There are no serious or heinous allegations. Considering the disinterest of Opposite party no. 2 at this stage, let the petitioner, abovenamed surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, when he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Purnea in C.A. Case No. 1659 of 2007. The issue of possibility of revival of matrimonial 2 harmony is an aspect which shall appropriately be kept in mind by the Magistrate during the course of the trial. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)