IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17222 of 2009 RAM NARAYAN MAHTON Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 21.5.2009 Heard. It is a long statement which runs into the seven typed pages alleging illtreatment and torture preceded by acts of theft etc. The defence is that on account of the death of the husband of the complainant, namely, Raju Kumar, the wife of the petitioner who happens to be the mother-in-law of the complainant filed a Succession Petition vide Succession Case no.15 of 2007 and when proceeding was taken up the complainant filed the present case in order to putting criminal pressure. Considering the above facts and circumstanced and the defence, let the above named petitioner be released from custody either in the event of his arrest by the police or surrender in the court below on furnishing bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Complaint Case No.165C of 2008, subject to the - 2 - condition as laid down under Section 438(2)of the Cr.P.C and further condition that if the complainant files a petition in the court below supported with affidavit about acts of torture further alleged against the present petitioner and the court below after due observance of the law if satisfied about its probabilities, it will be assumed that this order had not been passed and the petitioner shall be remanded into custody after taking steps in that behalf. B.Kr. ( Dharnidhar Jha, J. )