IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22274 of 2009 Shiv Rawat, Son of Late Dhaneshwar Rawat, Resident of Village- Sansarpur, P.S.-Gidhour, District-Jamui. -Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 02 30.07.2009 The petitioner apprehends arrest in Barhat Police Station Case No. 89 of 2004 dated 07.12.2004 registered under Sections 498A/304B and 201 of the Indian Penal Code read with ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner is the husband. It is pointed out that first a complaint case was filed being Complaint Case No. 569C of 1998 before the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui by the father-in-law of the petitioner alleging that his daughter had been killed and her body disposed of. This complaint having been filed immediately thereafter on allegedly coming to know of the truth that an application was filed by the complainant for withdrawing the complaint so much so that when the Chief Judicial Magistrate directed for filing of extra copy of complaint to the Police Station for registering a police case, the same was also not filed by the complainant. All of a sudden after six years in 2004 police picked up the complaint and registered it as the present F.I.R. Petitioner submits that in course of investigation all the villagers supported the story that the victim has died because of diarrhea. Complainant has further stated that the petitioner and other family members were present at the cremation. Further, the complainant did not want to pursue the matter. It is also pointed out that only recently several of the named accused persons have already been - 2 - granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 11755 of 2009 and Cr. Misc. No. 18420 of 2009 disposed of on 18.05.2009 and 22.05.2009 respectively. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, if the petitioner abovenamed surrenders before the Court below within four weeks from today he shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Barhat Police Station Case No. 89 of 2004, subject to conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)