IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2131 of 2010 1. Md. Salam, son of Md. Fazloo Hussain, village Majhaulia, PS Mehsi, District East Champaran – petitioner. Vs. 1. The State of Bihar, 2. Sabnam Khatoon, wife of Md. Slam, daughter of Md. Maksood Ali, village Andawl, PS Baruraj, district Muzaffarpur – opposite parties. 2 21.1.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under sections 498A/380 of the Penal Code. The petitioner has produced a photo stat copy of the order, dated 3.9.2009 passed in Matrimonial Case No. 132/2008 by which the prayer for interim maintenance of opposite party no.2 has been rejected on the ground that an informatory petition was filed before the Subdivisional Officer, Chakia, East Champaran. On investigation on the informatory petition a report was submitted to the court of the Subdivisional Officer confirming illicit relation of the complainant with one Gullu. The court has also taken into account the Panchnama in which sixteen persons have signed stating that the complainant, that is, the petitioner’s wife has accepted that she had committed a mistake and would not do so in future. Considering that there are several litigations pending between the parties and there is some dispute with respect to the cause of separation between husband and wife, the petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender within six weeks, in Complaint Case No. 1712/2008 on furnishing 2 bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate (West), Muzaffarpur, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)