IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36054 of 2009 PANKAJ PANDEY, son of Pasi Pandey @ Udit Pandey, village and PS Noor Sarai, District Nalanda. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 10.12.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under sections 323, 380, 498A, 494 and 504/34 of the Penal Code. Complainant Veena Devi has filed this case alleging that the petitioner and her-in-laws were demanding dowry. The said complaint was filed on 14.12.2007. After a year she has filed Complaint Case No. 998C/2008 alleging that this petitioner and one Kaushal Ram committed rape on her. The statement of the father has also been brought on record in the case under section 376 of the Penal Code in which it has been stated that the complainant was married to another person by the name of Sanjay Vishwakarma. Considering all these aspects, the petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender in Complaint Case No. 1598©/2007 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Bihar Shariff, Nalanda, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)