IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.449 of 2009 SANTOSH KUMAR @ SANTOSH KUMAR GUPTA SON OF JAWAHAR SAH, RESIDENT OF KOIRIA TOLA, WARD NO. 15 P.S. RAXAUL, DISTRICT EAST CHAMPARAN. Versus 1.STATE OF BIHAR 2.Pinki Devi, wife of Santosh Kumar Gupta, daughter of Shiv Shankar Prasad Gupta, resident of village- Ram Nagar, P.S.- Siwaipatti, District- Muzaffarpur. ----------- 6 07.10.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The offence alleged is under sections 498A of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is the husband and the present case has been filed by the opposite party no.2 at the behest of the persons who are inimical to the petitioner, however the petitioner was ready and even today ready to keep the opposite party no.2 in a dignified manner as a legally wedded wife and lead the normal conjugal life. Learned counsel for the complainant submits that in case petitioner fails to keep his promises it will be open for the complainant to take steps for cancellation of his bail. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, East Muzaffarpur, in connection with Trial No. 2166 of 2008 arising out of Complaint Case No. 1108 of 2007 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. It is, however, made clear that in case petitioner fails to keep his promises it will be open for the complainant to take steps for cancellation of his bail. Manish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)