IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15592 of 2011 ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 4 16-11-2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. Though, the opposite party no.2 is ready to resume the conjugal life but the stand of the petitioner is that the opposite party no.2 of her own decided to part ways and in lieu of that the amount of Rs. 7,00,000/- (seven lacs) were paid to the opposite party no.2 which is being denied by opposite party no.2. The reconciliation at this juncture appears not to be feasible. In the alternative, since the marriage is admitted between the parties, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 3,000/- per month to the opposite party no.2 from December, 2011 by depositing the same in the bank account of the opposite party no.2 by second week of every month. The opposite party no.2 accepts the offer of the petitioner and undertakes to supply her bank account number to the petitioner within a period of two weeks by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 2324(c)/2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the opposite party no.2 to file an appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. Amrendra Kumar/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)