IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.33207 of 2010 Parsuram Paswan, Son of Hirday Narayan Paswan, resident of village- Lakhaichand, P.S.-Mokama, District-Patna. –Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 03 21.12.2010 Petitioner is the husband and apprehends arrest in Complaint Case No.531(C)/2010 instituted under Section-498A IPC read with Section-3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the complainant who was earlier present does not appear today. The case has been adjourned for conciliation. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that there is no chance of conciliation inasmuch as the marriage was performed by fraud. He states that immediately after the marriage it was realized that the girl that had been shown for the marriage was different. The marriage was not consummated and when the parties could not agree to separate petitioner filed a case before the Family Court, Jabalpur being Case No.183A/10 for annulment of marriage. The case having been filed and notices served, in retaliation the present case has been filed alleging that immediately the day after the marriage demand for dowry started especially when petitioner left the village to join his service in the State of Madhya Pradesh. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from - 2 - today, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Jamui in connection with Complaint Case No.531(C)/2010, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section-438(2) Cr.P.C. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)