IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18908 of 2009 SANJAY KUMAR SHARMA son of Sri Kanhaiya Sharma, Resident of village Dumra, Police Station Kargahar, District Rohtas… … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR… OPPOSITE PARTY For the Petitioner: Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh,Adv. For the S t a t e : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ----------- 2 28.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. Petitioner, who is husband of the complainant, is an accused in a case registered under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a case under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure bearing Maintenance Case No. 76/07 was filed by the complainant against the petitioner and in that case the petitioner has been directed to pay rupees one thousand per month to the wife regularly from the date of order in the first week of each preceding month. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that earlier an anticipatory bail petition was moved before this Court on behalf of the family members of the petitioner, namely, Kanhaiya Sharma(father-in-law), Laldei Devi(mother-in-law) and Sonia Devi(married Nanad),who have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court. Thereafter the petitioner had paid the entire due amount to the petitioner vide annexure 2/1 to this application(Xerox copy of the demand draft). Learned counsel for the petitioner undertakes on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner will regularly deposit the maintenance 2 amount as directed in the judgment dated 9th of August, 2008, passed by the Principal Judge, Sasaram, Rohtas, a copy of which has been brought on record as annexure 2 to this application. It is further stated that the petitioner is under judicial custody since 26.02.2009. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I direct the petitioner, Sanjay Kumar Sharma, to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub- divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram with further condition that the petitioner will abide by the undertaking given before this Court and regularly pay the maintenance amount as per the direction of the Principal Judge, Sasaram, Rohtas, vide annexure 2 to this application. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)