IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.47173 of 2008 MD.ZAHID VERSUS 2. STATE OF BIHAR 3. NISRAT PRAVEEN ------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjay Kumar @ S.K.,Advocate For O.P.No.2 :Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate For the State :Mr.C.Jawahar, APP. -------- 4. 20.04.2009 Heard both sides. The petitioner who is the husband, seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted under sections 323,354 and 498A IPC including section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complainant lodged a complaint in 2005 alleging therein that because of non-fulfilment of the demand of dowry, she was physically tortured and assaulted. Counsel for the petitioner submits before this Court that cognizance in the matter was taken in 2005 itself. It is further contended that the court below made an attempt to reconcile the issue between the petitioner and the complainant but the same failed. The complainant specifically stated before the court below that she apprehends danger to her life at the hands of the petitioner. It appears that the allegation of psychical and mental torture at the hands of the petitioner has been - 2 - supported in course of enquiry. This Court finds that for a pretty long time the petitioner continued evading arrest and did not submit to the jurisdiction of the Court. In the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to this petitiner. The application accordingly stands rejected. hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )