IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.32138 of 2009 ARUN CHOUDHARY Son of Dev Lal Choudhary Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 6/ 17.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State as well as informant. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Section 498 (A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The complainant alleged torture and demand of dowry against the petitioner and others. Counsel for the petitioner submits that process of conciliation has begun between the parties due to intervention of well wishers. Counsel for opposite party no.2 too supports the aforesaid fact that some talk of compromise is going on between the parties. Having heard the parties, this Court passes the following orders: No coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner for a period of 10 weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case no. 2372 of 2008 pending in the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, East, Muzaffarpur. In the meantime, both the complainant and the petitioner would appear before the court below on the date fixed by the court and it would be open for the parties to conciliate the matter and if such conciliation is arrived, the learned Magistrate would confirm the bail - 2 - to his satisfaction. In case, no conciliation is arrived at between the parties, then in that circumstance, the learned Magistrate would dispose of the bail application on its own merit. Uday/ (Samarendra Pratap Singh, J.)