IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.28889 of 2009 MOHAMMAD EKRAM, SON OF LATE ABDUL KARIM, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DHANAWA, P.S. KASMA, DISTRICT AURANGABAD (BIHAR). ---- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 4 21.1.2010 Heard the parties. The facts are that the petitioner and Zahida Khatoon have been married for 20 years. About four years ago, the petitioner remarried and spending most of his time in Kolkata. There is allegation of cruelty etc. against the petitioner. The parties have appeared in person. Petitioner Mohammad Ekram undertakes not to divorce his wife. He also undertakes to provide two mounds of wheat and two mounds of rice per year for the maintenance of his wife. He also undertakes to provide Rs. 600/- per month as maintenance. Apart from this, petitioner will take care of any major health problems of his wife. The petitioner also agrees to give her a set of cloths for ‘Eid and Bakrid’ and blanket or quilt at the commencement of the winter season. Zahida Khatoon undertakes to withdraw the criminal case in view of the settlement made aforesaid. She will have the liberty to re-institute a case if the petitioner does not comply with the orders of this Court. Apart from which the petitioner would be subject to face contempt proceedings for non compliance of orders of this Court. Since the petitioner has settled the matter to the extent mentioned above, I direct that petitioner Mohammad Ekram should be 2 released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 684 of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub- divisional Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)