IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.9818 of 2009 MANOJ PRASAD, SON OF SHEOMANGAL DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SURUMPUR, POLICE STATION SILAO, DISTRICT- NALANDA………………………………………………….PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR……………………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Raj Kishore Prasad No.1, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P. ------------ 2. 13.5.2009. The petitioner, Manoj Prasad, the unfortunate and harassed husband of complainant, Meena Devi, is in custody in connection with Complaint Case No.130(C) of 2007 for alleged commission of offences under Sections 498-A, 323 and 341/34 I.P.C. As per the complainant’s own statement, she was married to the petitioner some 15 years back and from the complaint petition, it would appear that it was in the year 2000 that she was being subjected to torture and abuse which was subsequently followed by assault. The allegation appears to be omnibus and general in nature and no direct and specific allegation has been made against the petitioner. It also appears that during the pendency of this Complaint Case the complainant filed another case being Silao P.S. Case No.93 of 2008 alleging commission of offence under Section 498-A I.P.C. in which the petitioner has been granted bail. From the circumstances, narrated above, it appears that complaint case followed by the police case is a modus operandi to cause harassment to the husband and the in-laws. - 2 - In the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Manoj Prasad, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of Sri B.K. Chaudhary, the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Hilsa or his successor in the office in connection with Complaint Case No.130(C) of 2007. P.S. (Abhijit Sinha,J)