IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.39954 of 2009 1. MD. IRFAN SON OF MD. JABBAR 2. MD. JABBAR SON OF MD. KITAB ALI 3. BIBI RABINA KHATOON WIFE OF MD. JABBAR, ALL RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE BAIDYANATHPUR, GAMARUA BASTI, SOUR BAZAR UNDER SIVIR THANA, P.S. BAIDYANATHPUR, DISTRICT- SAHARSA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2 03.12.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The offence alleged is under sections 498 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioners are the husband, father-in-law and the mother-in-law of the complainant. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the matter has been compromised between the parties as would appear from Annexure- 2. It is further submitted that earlier the petitioners were allowed anticipatory bail by the Court below, however they could not surrender due to heavy flood in the area from where they belong. It is also contended that even as the matter has been amicably settled, however the petitioners are apprehending their arrest at the hands of the police. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioners, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Purnea, in connection with Complaint Case No. 867 of 2005 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Manish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)