IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13260 of 2010 1.SUNIL KUMAR @ SUNIL KUMAR SINGH Son ofBhrignath Singh, resident of village Saraiya, P.S.Saraiya, Dist. Bhojpur (Arrah) ………Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR Opposite party. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Ranjeet Kr. Singh No.2, Advocate For the informant : Mr. Anirudh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad,A.P.P. --------- 2 18.5.2010 Heard the parties. In a criminal prosecution for offence under section 498 A of the Indian penal Code and 3 / 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act , the petitioner happens to be the husband of the complainant. From plain perusal of the complaint petition vide Annexure-1 it appears that complainant was allegedly driven out from her matrimonial home in the year 2002 and after lapse of about six years the present complaint petition was filed in the year 2008. From perusal of the impugned order passed by the learned Session Judge, it further appears that an attempt for reconciliation was made by the court below, but the complainant refused to restore her matrimonial relationship with the petitioner. Be that as it may, in the facts of the case particularly on the ground that complaint petition was filed after undue delay of six years, in the event of arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, the above - 2 - named petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M, Patna in connection with complaint case no. 1836 of 2008, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J. ) M.Rahman