IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.35847 of 2008 HARISH PRASAD GUPTA @ HARISH KUMAR GUPTA, S/O- SHIV SHANKAR PRASAD, R/O- VILLAGE AND POLICE STATION RAJGANGPUR, DISTRICT SUNDERGARH, (ORISSA) AT PRESENT RESIDING AT VILLAGE GHETHATA, POLICE STATION ARA MUFASSIL, DISTRICT BHOJPUR (ARA) Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 27.03.2009 Heard the parties. The offence alleged is under Sections 498(A) of the Indian Penal Code and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted that petitioner being the husband has been implicated in this case at the behest of the family members of the informant. As a matter of fact, petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as legally wedded wife in descent way as per status of the family. It is the informant who is not willing to live with this petitioner. He further submits that petitioner is not in apposition to give money regularly to the informant for her maintenance. He further submits that after the order of 14.01.2009, he had made all sincere efforts as stated in his supplementary affidavit annexing the copy of the letter and evidence. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the petitioner did not go to bring her. As a matter of fact, she is willing to live with the petitioner in his house not in the house of the relatives. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, - 2 - it is directed that in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioner, named above 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 the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Arrah in connection with Charpokhari P.S. Case No. 17 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. As promised by the petitioner, he will make another efforts to keep the informant with him in his house decently as legally wedded wife as per his status. The efforts in this regard be made within a period of two weeks and an affidavit to that effect be filed in the court below. Jagdish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J)