IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35322 of 2011 Shailesh Choudhary son of Naresh Choudhary, Resident of village Pandey Patti,P.S.Buxar,(Mufassil), District Buxar Versus The State Of Bihar & Rubi Kumari Devi ---------------------------------- 02/ 19.10.2011 Heard Mr.Akhileshwar Pd.Singh, learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered for offences under Sections 498A, 341 and 323 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner’s wife Rubi Kumari Devi is the informant of the present case. She has alleged that after her marriage on 05.05.2007, she remained peaceful for few years but thereafter the accused persons started raising demands. On being compelled, the informant filed a case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code on 14.03.2011 Vide Buxar (Mufassil) P.S.Case No. 50 of 2011. Due to reconciliation, the informant went to petitioner’s house and again she was tortured, so she filed the present case. Submission is that initially the 2 petitioner had filed a petition under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act but seeing the conduct of the informant, he finding no option has filed a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act for dissolution of marriage and the relationship as husband and wife has virtually come to an end. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in Buxar (Mufassil) P.S.Case No. 159 of 2011. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)