IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22174 of 2011 Hayat Ali S/o Imran Ali, R/o Village-Ram Chandrapur Dewala, P.S.-Pranpur, Distt-Katihar. …………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Sabida Khatoon W/o Hayat Ali, R/o Village-Ramchandrapur, Kewala, P.S.-Pranpur, Distt. Katihar. ……….Opposite Parties ----------- 02 13.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, the petitioner has prayed for grant of bail. The case of the complainant is that she has been subjected to cruelty for payment of Rs. 50,000/- and has been driven away from her matrimonial home. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no specific date subjecting the complainant to cruelty has been given in the complaint petition. No injury report has been annexed with the complaint and admittedly the marriage had taken place nearly 2 and 1/2 years ago. He further submits that there is no truth behind the allegation and he is ready to keep the complainant with dignity and honour . Learned counsel for the complainant has also appeared and said that he has instruction that the complainant is also willing to join her matrimonial home. Be that as it may, let the petitioner, namely, Hayat Ali, in 2 the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order, be released on provisional bail for six months, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, in connection with Complaint Case No. C.A. 1571 of 2010. In the meantime, the petitioner would take back the complainant to his matrimonial home and if the petitioner is able to satisfy the court below on expiry of the period of provisional bail that the complainant is being kept with dignity and honour, the provisional bail of the petitioner may be confirmed, but in case he is not able to satisfy the court below, the petitioner would have to seek regular bail on expiry of the period of provisional bail which would be considered and disposed of on its own merit in accordance with law. Safik (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)