IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.34219 of 2009 SRI KANT SHARMA SON OF BHUWNESHWAR MISTRY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NANDPURA, P.S. PARAS BIGHA, DISTRICT- JEHANABAD………………. PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Nirmala Devi @ DAULATI DEVI, WIFE OF SRI KANT SHARMA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- JUNATHI KHURD, PS. PARASBIGHA, DISTRICT- JEHANABAD……………………..OPP.PARTIES. ----------- 3 3-5-2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel appearing for the complainant. Considering that petitioner is husband of the alleged victim in a case under section 498-A and other sections of the I.P.C. and also under section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, and his special responsibility to keep his wife with dignity and honour, the prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. If petitioner surrenders in the court below within ten weeks and satisfies the court that he has compromised their differences with the complainant , in that event his prayer for regular bail shall be considered favourably on the date of surrender itself, otherwise also his prayer for bail shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. For ten weeks no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner in connection Complaint Case No. 376/08 pending in the court of Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad. Naresh ( Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)