IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.48406 of 2007 BAKAR ALI & ORS Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 4. 9/7/2008 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the State. In spite of proper service of notice, complainant opposite party No. 2 has not entered her appearance. Petitioner No. 1 is husband of the complainant. Other petitioners are father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the complainant. They all are apprehending their arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 437 of 2007 registered for the offence under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the complainant Tashlima Khatoon taken ‘Khula Talaque” from her husband and started reisiding at her father’s place and this present complaint case has been filed on being instigated by some persons interested in harassing the petitioners. Considering this fact, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail on behalf of the petitioners namely, Bakar Ali, Johak Ali, Kashim, Ibrahim, Bibi Nagar Khatoon, Bibi Jubeda Khatoon, Rahima Khatoon and Abdul Hakim is allowed in connection with Complaint Case No. 437 of 2007 in case of their surrender before the court below within four weeks from today on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, S.Ali (Mridula Mishra, J.)