IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.28664 of 2008 MD. HASHIM & ORS Vrs. THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR. **** /2/ 12.08.2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners, the State as well as the complainant. 2. Petitioner no. 1, Md. Hashim, is the husband of the complainant, and petitioners 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9, namely, Maulvi Tajmul, Md. Bajbul, Md. Mustaque, Md. Irsad, Md. Razzaque, Bibi Najmun and Md. Kaiyum, are mother-in-law, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law of the complainant and petitioner no. 7, Bibi Sahida, is the second wife of the husband of the complainant. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the complainant has left her matrimonial home after second marriage of the husband. Second marriage was solemnized by the husband (petitioner no. 1) as complainant could not give birth to any child. The complainant has also entered appearance. She is agreeable to live with her husband. 3. Considering the facts, the prayer for anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners is allowed. They are directed to be released on anticipatory bail, on their surrender before the Court concerned within four weeks - 2 - from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 3081C of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. 4. However, it is made clear that petitioner no. 1, Md. Hashim, has to treat his first wife properly. She should be given full respect and dignity. In case she is either ignored or tortured, she will have liberty to file an application for cancellation of his bail bond. S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )