IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17724 of 2008 KAMESHWAR MAHTO Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 12.5.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner who apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. C 1492 of 2006, registered under section 498A and 379 I.P.C., as also learned A.P.P. for the State. As per allegations in the complaint petition soon after her marriage and her entry into the marital home the accused persons including the petitioners started demanding a colour television , a refrigerator and Rs. one lakh in cash as post marital dowry and when the complainant expressed her inability to fulfill the demand the accused persons had locked her in a room and stopped giving her food. It is also alleged that two days prior to the occurrence an attempt was made by the accused persons to set her on fire by sprinkling kerosene oil but she saved herself by raising hulla and eventually she was ousted from the marital home after all her personal belonging were confiscated. It appears from the impugned order of the Sessions Court that attempts were made to reconcile the differences but the complainant in view of torture and cruelty meted out to her was not ready to reoccupy her position as wife in the marital home. It also appears that the complainant had filed a petition for decree of divorce under section 13 of the Hindu Marriage - 2 - Act, 1955, before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Chapra, which is pending. In the facts and circumstances of the case the petitioner should surrender in the Court below and seek regular bail. Therefore, the anticipatory bail is accordingly rejected. Sanjay/- (Abhijit Sinha, J.)