IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.43583 of 2009 ABDUL HANNAN @ MD.HANNAN Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 8.12.2009 Heard. It is a case under Section 498A of the IPC that the petitioner, the husband of the complainant is in custody. The marriage is 14 year old and the allegation is that the petitioner was demanding, after so many years of marriage, Rs.3,000/- for purchasing a cow. The contention is that the lady simply does not want to keep company with the petitioner and had deserted the petitioner to go away to her father’s house. It is contended that this submission is fortified by the finding recorded by the court below that notice was issued to the lady but she did not turn up before the learned Sessions Judge. Regard being had to the years of marriage and the contentions and the record of lower court, let the above named petitioner be released from custody on furnishing bond of Rs.5,000/- (five thousand)with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in Complaint Case No.1537C of 1999. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )