IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35269 of 2010 CHANDAN PODDAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02/ 08.10.2010 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 77 of 2010 for offence punishable under Sections 420, 406, 380, 498A, 494, 504 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The present case arises out of a Complaint case which has subsequently been registered under the provisions of Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Learned counsel for the petitioner while denying the allegations as set out in the Compliant, submits that the petitioner was already married to one Annu Kumari on 9.12.2009 and that even according to the statement made in the Complaint which now forms part of the F.I.R. the alleged marriage having taken place on 27.12.2009, the petitioner went away on 30.12.2009 from the house of the complainant. Learned counsel further submits that for the alleged offence petitioner has been in custody since 15.4.2010. Taking into consideration the circumstances and the submission of learned counsel, let the petitioner Chandan Poddar be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Ballia P.S. Case No. 77 of 2010 S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.) - 2 -