IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8414 of 2009 KAILASH THAKUR @ HIRA THAKUR, son of Hari Thakur @ Hari Narain Thakur, resident of village-Chandaur, Tbla-Bathnaha, P.S.-Sour Bazar, District-Saharsa. ……Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Manju Devi, daughter of Late Rajendra Thakur, wife of Kailash Thakur @ Hira Thakur, resident of village-Raipura, P.S.-Simri Bakhtiyarpur, District-Saharsa. …….Opposite Parties. ----------- 04. 20.07.2009 Petitioner is the husband who apprehends arrest in Complaint Case No. 466C of 2008 instituted under Section 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code. It is not in dispute that the parties were married on 04.02.1998 and the complaint is being filed on 11.04.2008 alleging torture for demand of dowry after ten years of marriage. Petitioner states that petitioner has also filed an application under Section-9 of the Hindu Marriage Act for restitution which application has been filed on 29.07.2008 when the complainant refused to return to her Sasural. In the complaint it is also evident that the complainant alleges that petitioner has married again but the Court has not proceeded to take cognizance for that offence apparently on the ground that that story was not supported in the solemn affirmation. Be that as it may, let the petitioner namely Kailash Thakur @ Hira Thakur, in the event of his arrest or - 2 - surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on Anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Complaint Case No. 466C of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P.C. Shageer (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J)