IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32324 of 2008 AMARDEEP CHOUDHARY @ PANNALAL CHOUDHARY S/O LATE RAMCHANDRA CHOUDHARY, R/O SIMRI BAKHTIARPUR, HATIAGACHHI, P.S. BAKHTIARPUR. P.O. SIMRI BAKHTIARPUR, DIST. SAHARSA --- PETITIONER Versus STATE OF BIHAR BANDANA DEVI @ GUDIA W/O AMARDEEP CHOUDHARY @ PANNALAL CHOUDHARY, D/O SHRI SHIVDANI CHOUDHARY, R/O VILL. BIRPUR ( LAHERI TOLA) P.O. AND P.S. BIRPUR, DIST. BEGUSARAI. ---- OPP. PARTY. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Syed M.Ashraf, Advocate. For the Opp. Party: Mr. Ravi S.Pankaj, Advocate. 08. 04.05.2009 Heard both sides. The sole petitioner, who is husband, has approached this court seeking anticipatory bail in a case instituted under Sections 342, 323, 307, 498(A) of the Penal Code and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. As per allegation in the F.I.R., the marriage in- question was solemnized about 5-6 years ago. Soon thereafter, the in-laws including the husband started torturing her on account of non-fulfillment of the demand of dowry. It is the prosecution case, that she was beaten mercilessly at the matrimonial home. The injury sustained by her is on record as annexure-1/A. On several occasions time was granted to the learned counsel for the petitioner for amicable settlement of the issues/disputes between the husband and wife. Learned counsel 2 for the petitioner states before this court that he made several attempts to take back the informant to the matrimonial home. Learned counsel for the informant, on the other hand, states that in spite of several adjournments and interim protection granted by this court to the petitioner (husband) no effort was made on his behalf to amicably resolve the disputes and take her back into the matrimonial home as his legally wedded wife. Having regard to the submissions and after going through the record, this court finds that no good case for grant of anticipatory bail is made out. Accordingly, the application seeking anticipatory bail is dismissed. Sym/ (Kishore K. Mandal, J.)