IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36806 of 2009 1. SURENDRA KUMAR S/O SRI KRISHNA PRASAD R/O MOHALLA- RAJA BAZAR, P.S. + DISTT.- JEHANABAD Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 16-11-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, for the State and for the complainant. In the nature of allegations under section 406/420 of the Penal Code when the petitioner is alleged to have taken Rs. One lac from the complainant, this Court is not persuaded to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail. The offences are compoundable. If at any time the parties arrive at a settlement out of Court, the court below is required to then deal with the trial giving primacy to the wishes of the parties for compounding, a statutory incorporation in section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This order shall not be construed as a liberty to the petitioner to continue to evade the law. The application is rejected. ( Navin Sinha, J ) BTiwary/