IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23880 of 2009 1. Maheshwar Singh, Son of Late Shiv Nandan Singh. 2. Kusum Devi @ Kishum Devi, W/o-Maheshwar Singh. Both are residents of village-Sinha, P.S.-Sinha, O.P. (Krishnagarh), District- Bhojpur. -Petitioners. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. WITH Cr.Misc. No.27296 of 2009 Dharmendra Singh @ Dharmendra Kr.Singh, S/o-Maheshwar Singh, Resident of village-Sinha, P.S.-Krishnagarh O.P. (Sinha), District- Bhojpur. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 02 16.09.2009 In these two applications the petitioners are the father-in-law, mother-in-law and the husband, who apprehend their arrest in Barhara (Krishnagarh) Police Station Case No.99 of 2009 registered under Section 498 (A) read with Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the daughter of the informant was married to the petitioner, Dharmendra Singh @ Dharmendra Kumar Singh on 19.02.2009. This F.I.R. is lodged on 24.04.2009 when the informant’s daughter having been tortured for dowry and allegedly thrown out of the house. Petitioners states that initially there was some serious misunderstanding about the identity of the girl with whom marriage has been solemnized which gave rise to these allegations and counter allegations. However, parties have reconciled and undertake to this Court to keep the lady, in question, as a wife with full dignity. From the order of the learned Sessions Judge, it is clear that there were disputes with regard to the identity of the girl to be married. 2 Be that as it may, the petitioners undertake to keep the lady, in question, with full dignity and status of a wife, on this undertaking this application is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from to-day, the petitioners above-named shall be released on bail on each furnishing their bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Barhara (Krishnagarh) Police Station Case No.99 of 2009, subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. It is made clear that if the informant’s daughter is mistreated and complains to the Trial Court herself in this regards the Trial Court would take appropriate steps in the matter. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)