IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22168 of 2011 Arun Kumar Gupta S/o late Rajo Lal Sah, R/o Mohalla-New Colony, Balughat, Road No. 1, P.S.-Muzaffarpur Town, District- Muzaffarpur. ……..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Smt. Guriya Devi, daughter of Raghunath Sah and wife of Arun Kumar Gupta, R/o Village and P.O.-Kapsiya, P.S.-Arer, District-Madhubani, presently residing at New Colony, Balughat, Road NO. 1, P.S. Muzaffarpur Town, District-Muzaffarpur. ………Opposite Parties ----------- 02 13.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Apprehending his arrest in connection with a case registered for the offence under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, the petitioner has prayed for grant of bail. The allegation made in the F.I.R. is that the informant was subjected to cruelty for payment of Rs. 50,000/- in cash and one cooler. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the marriage took place in 2003. The petitioner is the husband of informant. The petitioner has filed a matrimonial suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty in August, 2009 and the present F.I.R. has been registered in September, 2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the couple is blessed with a son and a daughter. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts as also the fact that a matrimonial suit was filed prior to the institution of the present case, let the petitioner, namely, Arun Kumar Gupta, in the event of his arrest or surrender before court below within four weeks from the 2 date of communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case No. 354 of 2010. Safik (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)