IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14234 of 2009 SANJAY KEWAT son of Budhu Kewat resident of village- Mohamadpur, Police Station- Rahui, District- Nalanda. ..Petitioner. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Indu Devi d/o Baleshwar Kwat, vill. Bakrachosua, P. S. Giriyak, District Nalanda. .. Opp. parties ----------- 3. 29.07.2009. Heard counsel for the parties. Reference may be made to the order of this Court dated 24.4.2009 whereby and whereunder this Court had recorded the following stand of the petitioner/husband;- “ Counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has got three children and cannot think of having strained relationship, much less, leaving his wife, the complainant. He further submits that he has been instructed to say before this Court that the petitioner is prepared to keep the complainant as his wife with all dignity.” In terms of the aforementioned order dated 24.4.2009 a notice was sent to the opposite party no. 2, wife. She has also entered appearance through Ravindra Pd. Singh, an advocate of this Court. Mr. Singh says that he has been instructed to submit on behalf of opposite party no. 2, wife that she is also prepared to live 2 with husband in a cordial manner and that she has no reservation in restoring her conjugal life with the petitioner, husband. If that be so this Court would find that the decks have been cleared for filing of an application before the court below for compounding of the offences. There being only offence of section 498 A/ 323 of the Indian Penal Code and both of them being compoundable, this Court would direct the petitioner and opposite party no. 2 to file a joint application for compounding within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order whereafter the court below after recording statement of the petitioner and the opposite party no. 2 in person in support of the facts stated in the joint compounding application, would pass a final order in the matter of compounding only, if the court below would find that both the parties have really entered into bonafide compromise. In the given circumstances, when in the matrimonial dispute being the 3 subject matter of complaint case. seems to come to be almost over, this Court would direct for release of the above named petitioner on bail in case of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Shri S. Ram, Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 818 (C) of 2008. Such bail will be granted to the petitioner till compounding of the offence has not been considered and disposed of by the Court below in the manner indicated above and in any event within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With the above observations, the bail application stands disposed of. Let a copy of this order be sent to the court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)