IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24209 of 2011 1. Vishwanath Chaudhary, Son of Late Ramswaroop Chaudhary. 2. Geeta Devi, Wife of Sri Vishwanath Chaudhary, Both resident of Mohalla-Nakhas Chawk Anderkila Konahara Ghat Road, P.S.-Town Hajipur, District-Vaishali. ……..Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar …………..Opp. Party. ----------- 2. 22.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the State. The petitioners apprehend arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of Negotiable Instrument Act. It is alleged that petitioner no. 1 had issued a cheque amounting to Rs. 20,000/- in favour of the complainant, which on presentation before the bank got dis-honoured. A legal notice was issued and in spite of that the petitioner failed to make payment and thus, the present case was instituted. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that so far as petitioner No. 2 is concerned, there is no allegation that she issued any cheque. She has been impleaded as an accused simply because she happens to be wife of petitioner No. 1, who had issued the cheque in question. In that view of the matter, let petitioner no. 2, namely Geeta Devi, in the event of her arrest or surrender 2 before the Court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 2,000/- (two thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Complaint Case No. C-3228 of 2010. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner no.1 is ready to make payment of Rs. 20,000/- in favour of the complainant. In case the petitioner no.1 appears before the court below within two months from today with a demand draft of Rs. 20,000/- in favour of the complainant and prays for bail, the same shall be allowed on furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of the court below and the draft so deposited shall be handed over to the complainant. Sanjeet (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)