IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.15945 of 2009 Jitendra Singh, Son of Sri Ram Dayal Singh, Resident of village- Dhamauli, P.S.-Rajapakar, District-Vaishali. -Petitioner. VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Savita Devi, W/o-Jitendra Singh, P.S.-Rajapakar, District-Vaishali, at present resident of village- Sarai Dhanesh, P.S. Shadai, District-Vaishali. -Opposite Parties. ----------- 03 14.09.2009 The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Complaint Case No.923 of 2007 pending before the S.D.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur in respect of an offence under Sections 498 A, 379 of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. In the F.I.R., which is lodged by the complainant she stated that she was married to the petitioner in Jyesth month of 2006, as per the Hindu rites and rituals. She states that soon after the marriage there were demands of dowry and ultimately she was thrown out of the house. On the other hand, petitioner submits that he is a young boy of 18 years and had been kidnapped by the parents and other relations of the complainant and a hoax of marriage took place. On some how managing to escape, the petitioner ran away to Kolkata to save his life. His brother on 21.05.2007 lodged Rajapakar (Baranti) P.S. Case No. 57 of 2007 under Sections 364, 365 and 120B of the Indian penal Code in which parents of the complainant were also arrested and ultimately have been arrested. It is also pointed out that the Sessions Judge had called the complainant to the Court where the complainant did not turn up. On behalf of the complainant, it is submitted that to-day she is - 2 - present in the Court even though not called. On behalf of the complainant, certain photographs were kept on record purported to be photographs of the marriage to show that the marriage was voluntary and not coercive. Mr. Thakur, learned counsel submits that mere look on the photographs would show that none of the family members of the petitioner figured in the photograph. The photograph does not show the marriage arrangement at all. Be that as it may, in the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from to-day, the petitioner above named shall be released on bail on his furnishing a bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Complaint Case No.923 of 2007, subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)