IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.R. No.1992 of 2008 SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH @ SANTOSH KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 2 5/12/2008 Heard counsel for the petitioner. This Court would not find any error in the impugned order, in as much as that both the parties have been directed to come out with their proposed issues for deciding the matrimonial case. Therefore, such direction of the court below to the petitioner and the opposite party cannot be faulted. To that extent this Civil Revision Application is wholly misconceived. Counsel for the petitioner, however, urges that in reality the court below by passing the impugned order has proceeded to decide the case without complying the obligation of the Family Court Act for making an effort reconciliation in a matrimonial case arising out of matrimonial dispute. Grievance of the petitioner in this regard is that though some effort on paper was made in the name of amicable settlement but in reality no genuine effort was made 2 by the Court for finding out possibility for amicable settlement. He submits that even when the Court had directed the opposite party no.2, wife to appear in person for such amicable settlement and she had not appeared and only the father of opposite party no.2 had conveyed the Court that there was no possibility for amicable settlement the Court should not abandoned the process of reconciliation. Counsel for the petitioner, in fact, questioned the manner in which proceedings for amicable settlement had been made by the Court below. In the opinion of this Court, it was necessary for the Court to make a genuine effort for amicable settlement between the husband and wife. This Court, however, is not aware as to what had transpired in course of conciliation proceeding and therefore would give liberty to the petitioner to once again approach the court below by filing an application for fresh effort of conciliation. In the event such application is filed, it is expected that 3 the court below will proceed to make its genuine effort for amicable settlement in course of conciliation proceeding. With the aforementioned observation this application is dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar