IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 5716 of 2009 1 Akhtar Mian, son of Safayet Mian, resident of village – Godiyani, P S : Pujaha Patjhingwa, District – West Champaran at Bettiah 2 Khatmul Nessa, wife of Ash Mohammad Mian, resident of Village – Mahabirpur, P S – Jogapatti, District – West Champaran at Bettiah - Petitioners Versus State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 2 15.05.2009 Petitioners apprehend arrest in Complaint Case No 371 of 2007 appertaining to Trial No 340 of 2008 instituted under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code read with Sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act pending before the Court of Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah. Petitioner No 2 is the alleged second wife of the husband of the complainant. Petitioner No 1 is the father of petitioner No 2. The marriage as between the complainant and her husband was solemnised 26 years ago and the allegation, after 26 years of marriage, for demand of dowry is being made. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest or surrender, the petitioners abovenamed shall be released on bail on each of them furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah in Complaint Case No 371 of 2007 subject to all conditions as laid down in Section 438 (2) of Criminal Procedure Code. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)