IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32677 of 2009 MAHENDRA SHARMA, S/o late Ram Kripal Sharma, resident of Bulakipur, P.O. Kamraon, P.S. Dalsinghsarai, District Samastipur Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 16.9.2009 Surendra/ Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. Considering the nature of allegation in an offence u/s 498A of the Indian Penal Code and the fact that the petitioner is the father-in-law and the main accused, the husband, is already in custody, this Court would direct for release of the abovenamed petitioner on bail taking into account that he has remained in custody for more than 3 ½ months (with effect from 30.5.2009). That being so, the petitioner, Mahendra Sharma, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in Vidyapati Nagar P.S.Case No. 03/2009. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.)