IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8987 of 2010 SHEOCHANDRA TIWARI son of Ram Jee Tiwari, resident of village – Kajohawan, P.S. Jamshore, District Aurangabad .... .... petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Sushma Devi D/o Kashnnath Dubey, resident of village – Amouna, PS Rishiup, District Aurangabad ... ... opp. parties ----------- 3 19-04-2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is husband of the informant in a case under sections 341, 323, 324, 498(A) of the IPC and Section ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that marriage took place about 13 years earlier to the occurrence and hence, the allegations of torture etc. are fit to be disbelieved. On the other hand, learned counsel for the informant has pointed out that there is specific allegation that both the surviving issues being daughters, the ill treatment of the informant began and ultimately she was assaulted also as would appear from her injuries noticed by the Sessions Judge. Considering all the facts and circumstances, this court is not prepared to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner who is husband of the victim lady. The prayer is rejected. Learned counsel for the informant has submitted that inspite of the occurrence the informant-wife wants to live with the petitioner provided he agrees to keep her with dignity. In view of such stand of the informant, liberty is 2 granted to the petitioner to approach the informant for compromise and in case he succeeds in compromising his differences with the informant within a period of ten weeks from today and appears before the court below with proof of such compromise within the same period, in that event he shall be enlarged on regular bail on furnishing bail bonds to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Jamhore P.S. case no. 82/2009. For the period of ten weeks, no coercive step shall be taken against the petitioner. BKS/- (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)