IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10169 of 2008 HARE RAM YADAV Son of Guru Dev Yadav, resident of Village Charrapati, P.S. Ghanshyampur, District Darbhanga -------Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 7.11.2008 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is an accused for an offence under sections 494 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act in connection with Madhepur (Bheja) P.S. Case No.137 of 2007. The allegation against the petitioner is of demand of dowry in the form of motor-cycle or cash of Rs.45,000/- as well as committing the torture against the informant. Besides the above, the allegation is that the petitioner also married with one Sudhira Devi. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the allegations are false and he is still ready to keep the informant as his legally wedded wife. The learned APP appearing for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that in view of the specific allegations against this petitioner in the F.I.R., it is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. Considering the facts and the circumstances and the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, I am not inclined 2 to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The application is, accordingly, dismissed. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)