IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10385 of 2010 SRIMAN NARAIN JHA @ SRIMAN NARYAN JHA . Versus STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2. 20-04-2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is a husband of the complainant in a case under Section 498A of the IPC and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Considering the allegation and other facts and circumstances mentioned by the Sessions Judge the prayer for anticipatory bail is rejected. Although the Sessions Judge has mentioned in his order that even after assurance that petitioner would go and live with his wife at least for ten days in her parents’ house, he did not fulfill the assurance, one more opportunity is given to the petitioner by granting him 10 weeks time to make efforts for compromise with his wife, the complainant. If the petitioner by his behaviour and assurance can compromise the differences then on his surrender within the same period of 10 weeks, he, SRIMAN NARAIN JHA @ SRIMAN NARYAN JHA shall be enlarged on bail on - 2 - furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M. (East) Muzaffarpur in Complaint Case No. 576 of 2009. In case no compromise can be effected then also the petitioner must surrender within the period of 10 weeks and then his prayer for regular bail shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. perwez (Shiva Kirti Singh,J.)