IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24196 of 2011 Sushil Kumar Das S/o late Ram Shobhit Das, 38, Dr. Gangadhar Mukherjee Road, P.O.-Ram Krishnapur, P.S.-Howrah, District- Howrah (West-Bengal). ………..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. Priyanka Kumar, W/o Sushil Kumar Das, Daughter of Krishna Kumar Achal, R/o Village-Mishrolia Jagdish, P.S.-Belsar, District- Vaishali. ………..Opposite Parties ----------- 02 22.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence under section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted on behalf of petitioner that admittedly the marriage had taken place on 08.12.2003 and the allegation is that the complainant was driven out of her matrimonial house in January, 2006. It is also submitted that due to cruel behaviour on the part of complainant, a divorce suit was filed in the year 2006 itself by the petitioner and the present complaint was filed subsequent to the filing of the suit for decree of divorce. It is further submitted that from perusal of the complaint, it would also transpire that the complainant has raised doubt on the character of the petitioner. Taking into consideration the fact that the case arises out of a complaint in which the petitioner had already filed suit for decree of divorce prior to the filing of the present case, which fact has been 2 acknowledged in the complaint petition itself, let the petitioner, namely, Sushil Kumar Das, in the event of his arrest or surrender before learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur, Vaishali, in connection with Complaint Case No. 844 of 2006. Safik (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.)