IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26346 of 2009 RAJ KUMAR SAHNI, Son of Late Balchand Sahni, resident of Village- Salaha, P.S. Bochahan, District-Muzaffarpur. Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 2 29-10-2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner , the State and the Complainant who as appeared suo motu . The petitioner is the husband apprehending arrest in a Complaint Case No.2048of 2008 under Sections 498A of the Penal Code and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.. Submission before this Hon’ble Court is for revival of matrimonial harmony in a 18 years ago marriage. The learned counsel for the complainant submits from pages 5-6 of the complaint that after more than 17 ½ years of the marriage the petitioner has solemnized another marriage ,i.e. four months prior to the institution of the complaint. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named surrender before the court below within four weeks when he shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail for six months upon furnishing the bail bond of Rs.20,000/- ( twenty thousand) along with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, (East) Muzaffarpur, in connection with Complaint Case No.2048 of 2008 . If thereafter the petitioner appears physically and surrenders to the jurisdiction of the court below, his application for regular bail shall be considered in light of the subsequent developments and the - 2 - attitude of the parties to be assessed by it, without being prejudiced by the present order. NKS/- ( Navin Sinha, J)