IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26754 of 2011 Nikhil Chandra Bharti @ Nikhil Chandu Bharti, Son of Manohar Bind, Resident of Village Khagaul, PS and District Lakhisarai. ---- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ---- Opposite Party ----------- 2 10.8.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that because of certain disputes between the husband and wife, they decided to separate. A Panchayati was held and an Ekrarnama was prepared on 28.8.2008 in which they had decided to separate. After two months, a complaint petition has been filed alleging that she had been tortured by her in-laws and husband because of demand of dowry. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that as per the compromise, the parties had decided to separate (Annexure-2) then there was no occasion to torture the complainant in the interim period. Be that as it may, petitioner Nikhil 2 Chandra Bharti @ Nikhil Chandu Bharti is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 544(C) of 2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)