IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7763 of 2010 KARU THAKUR & ANR Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.10781 of 2010 MITHLESH THAKUR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 05. 04. 2010. Heard Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra and Mr. Deepak Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, Mr. Manish Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of O. P. No. 2 as also Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners in both Cr. Misc. applications are accused in Complaint Case No. 1215/08 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in which cognizance has been taken under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner Mithilesh Thakur is the husband and petitioners Karu Thakur and Kalo Devi are parents-in-law of the complainant-Arti Kumari. In compliance of the order dated 22. 03. 2010 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 7763 of 2010, a supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioners annexing copy of compromise petition signed by the complainant and the accused persons. According to the terms of compromise, the complainant and the husband have decided to severe their matrimonial relationship. They further 2 decided to have one time settlement of the entire disputes between both sides. Rs. 50,000/- in cash and certain articles mentioned in the compromise petition as also a sewing machine are required to be returned by the petitioners to the complainant within a period of six months from today. If the terms of compromise are complied with by both sides, it is expected that they shall file a petition in the court below for compromise or withdrawal of criminal case filed by them against each other. In that view of the matter, the petitioners, namely, Karu Thakur, Kalo Devi and Mithilesh Thakur, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in connection with Complaint Case No. 1215/2008, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. If any of the conditions mentioned in the compromise petition including return of sewing machine is not complied with by the petitioners, then it will be treated as misuse of privilege of bail and their bail bond shall stand automatically cancelled after expiry of the period prescribed in the compromise petition. m.p. ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)