IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 4160 of 2009 Ravi Kumar, son of late Vinod Kumar Yadav, resident of Mohalla – Nuruddin Ganj, P S – Malsalami, Dist – Patna -Petitioner Versus 1 State of Bihar 2 Rani Devi, daughter of Ramanand Pd Yadav, At – Amrudhigali, Nala Road, P S – Kadamkuan, Dist – Patna -Opposite Parties ----------- 3 28.08.2009 The petitioner is the husband and apprehends arrest in Malsalami Police Station Case No 184 of 2008 registered under Sections 498A/34 of Indian Penal Code read with Sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the informant was married to the petitioner in 2006. In 2007, they had a child but, thereafter, the petitioner is not ready to keep her and tortures her and the accused persons demand dowry. She has been thrown out of the house. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioner has brought on record that for the first delivery, informant had gone to her Makay. After that, she was not ready to return. Accordingly, petitioner was forced to file Matrimonial Case No 31 of 2008 under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act for restitution of conjugal rights. In the said case, the informant appeared on 12.08.2008 and agreed to live with the petitioner but on the next day, she again abandoned the company of the petitioner and, as such, the Matrimonial Court, on 19.11.2008, recorded that conciliation proceedings failed. Thereafter, within a week, the present case has been lodged by the informant. The informant has been noticed and has appeared and has been heard. The facts, as noted above, are not in dispute. On behalf of informant, it is submitted that it is petitioner who 2 causes all the troubles and, therefore, informant has only named him. It is apparent that there is some discord between the two and both of them have resorted to various Court proceedings. Be that as it may, if the petitioner abovenamed surrenders before the Court below within 4 weeks from today, he shall be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patnacity in Malsalami Police Station Case No 184 of 2008 subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)