IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18509 of 2011 SHARDANAND SINGH @ RAJU Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2/ 15.6.2011 Heard. The petitioner husband of the complainant of Complaint Case no. 803 of 2009 seeks anticipatory bail on account of being summoned to stand trial in a case under section 498A IPC and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The allegation is that for not getting a colour television and motorcycle, the lady was ill treated and tortured and ultimately expelled from the matrimonial house. The attention of the court was drawn to different annexures appearing at page nos. 16 to 31 of the petition, which indicate that the petitioner is a psychiatric patient and besides being treated at Muzaffarpur, he was also treated by Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke vide CRF No. 125672/A. It was contended that on account of his pathetic psychiatric condition, he cannot perform his marital duties and he cannot be said to have tortured and ill treated the lady on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demands. Regard being had to the state of mental health of the petitioner, without going into the merit of the case, let petitioner Shardanand Singh alias Raju, either in the event of arrest by the police or surrender, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to 2 the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., West, Muzaffarpur in Complaint Case no. 803 of 2009 subject to the conditions laid down in section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/ ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)