IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.47243 of 2008 1. NEHAL AHMAD @ NIHAL AHMAD 2. MD. MANZUR ALAM @ MD. MANZUL ALAM …. PETITIONERS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …. OPP. PARTY ----------- 2. 3.12.2008 Heard Sri Anil Prasad Singh, Advocate for the petitioners and Sri D. Mehta, APP for the State. Within the three years of the marriage of the complainant to petitioner Nehal Ahmad @ Nihal Ahmad the petitiner started giving ill-treatment and torture to her for not getting sufficient dowry. The two petitioners Nehal Ahmad @ Nihal Ahmad and Md. Manzur Alam @ Md. Manzul Alam are father and son between them and both of them are alleged to have ill-treated and tortured the lady and, lastly, to have expelled her from the matrimonial house for not getting Rs.50,000/- in cash and a buffalo. The contention is that the complaint petition was filed three years after the marriage and the demand of dowry was inconsequential as bearing any weight. The argument further is that the petitioner husband is ready to receive the lady back in his house. The seriousness of the allegation was not that anything was demanded, but the seriousness which the court - 2 - considers in that light is that while turning out the wife of her matrimonial house a little child, which was in her lap was separated from the lady and considering that, the prayer for bail of petitioner Nehal Ahmad @ Nihal Ahmad is dismissed. As regards petitioner Md. Manzur Alam @ Md. Manzul Alam is the father-in-law and he is directed to be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Araria in connection with Complaint Case No. 526C of 2008. If the petitioner husband makes prayer in the court below for reconciling with the lady and for taking her back into the family fold, the court below shall issue a notice to the lady fixing a date for her appearance, on which date the petitioner Nehal Ahmad shall also be produced and shall make an effort for reconciling the couple to their usual married status. In case the lady is taken back and goes happily with the petitioner, petitioner Nehal Ahmad may be admitted to bail by the court below itself. In that event, the court below shall seek an attendance of the spouses in the - 3 - proceedings before him, so as to ganging the development in the relationship and if it is found moving smoothly on the right track, then the court shall take steps for disposal of the case on compromise within a period of two years. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)