IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30181 of 2008 MD. ASLAM S/O LATE ABDUL GAFOOR, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SHIKARPUR DIYARI, P.S. KASBA, DISTRICT- PURNEA Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Bibi Rashna Khatoon D/O Late Abdul Latif, resident of village-Dangraha, P.S. Kasba, District- Purnea. - Opp. Parties. ----------- 2. 15.10.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, who is the husband, apprehends arrest in a complaint case under Sections 498 A of the Penal Code after 15 years of marriage. The submission is that the allegations essentially constitute a claim for maintenance. No reasons have been assigned by the court below for rejection of the prayer for anticipatory bail which appears to have been done in mechanical abdication of his jurisdiction for exercise of discretion in accordance with law and the guidelines laid down by this Court for grant of bail in 498 A matters. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, abovenamed surrender in the court below within a period of six weeks from today, when he shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Purnea in Complaint case No. 1948 of 2005. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)