IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.52377 of 2008 BHARAT SINGH Son of Late Bunni Lal Singh, Resident of Village- Bishunpurdubiyahi, P.S. Saraiya, O.P- Jaitpur, District- Muzaffarpur --------------Petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Pushpa Devi wife of Bharat Singh, Daughter of Ram Prasad Singh, Resident of Village- Fatehpur, P.S. Paroo, District- Muzaffarpur ---------------Opposite Parties ----------- 2. 9.2.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner who is the husband apprehends his arrest in a case under Sections 498(A), 323, 324, 380, 494 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complaint case has been filed by the father-in-law of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had filed a case in the year 2003 alleging that his wife was having affairs with Bishundeo Bhagat. Thereafter, the complainant filed a suit for divorce against the petitioner vide Divorce Case No. 14/04 which is pending before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Muzaffarpur. It is submitted that the complaint case is the counter blast of the two earlier cases filed on behalf of the petitioner. Be that as it may, the petitioner Bharat Singh is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 150/04 on - 2 - furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri A.K. Singh, J.M. Ist Class Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. P. Kumar (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)