IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.41573 of 2009 BIRENDRA KUMAR, SON OF SHRI LAXMI SINGH, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA NEW PANCHWATI NAGAR, BHATHA ROAD, P.S. DANAPUR, DISTRICT PATNA. ------ PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. NISHA DEVI, WIFE OF BIRENDRA KUMAR, DAUGHTER OF BIRENDRA PRASAD @ BIRUJEE, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA CHIRAIYAN TAND, BADI DEVI ASTHAN, BHIMSEN LANE, P.S. JAKKANPUR, DISTRICT PATNA. ------ RESPONDENTS ----------- 7 7.9.2010 This matter has been fixed in Chambers so that the parties could decide either to live together or separate amicably. Several opportunities were awarded to the parties to settle the matter however, both of them could not reach a settlement. Petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. The submission on behalf of the petitioner is that he is daily wage earner working in the Accountant General Office in Patna, Bihar. The wife of the petitioner alleges torture whereas the counsel for the petitioner submits that the differences between the parties lies in the fact that girl’s family is economically better placed than the boy’s family and as such she finds it difficult to adjust with his family members. Be that as it may, petitioner Birendra Kumar is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Complaint Case No. 2250 (c) of 2007 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. Sanjay ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)