IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18962 of 2010 Sanjiv Kumar Singh @ Mintu Singh, S/O Bharat Singh, resident of Village-Bhiriya, P.S. Marhaura, District-Saran --- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 02 27-05-2010 The sole petitioner, who is the husband of Opp.Party no.2, apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No.3052 of 2006 registered for offences under Sections 498(A) and 379 of the Indian Penal Code and 3 /4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Short fact of the case is that Opp.Party no.2 filed the aforesaid complaint disclosing therein that in the year 2003 she was married with the petitioner and thereafter she was tortured due to non-fulfilment of dowry demand and she was ousted from the house of the petitioner in the year 2006. On such allegation, the complaint petition was filed. On perusal of the impugned order, whereby anticipatory bail of the petitioner was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, Vaishali at Hajipur, it appears that in the said anticipatory bail petition notice was issued to Opp.Party no.2 but she chose not to appear. However, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner was rejected. In view of the fact that the marriage had taken place in the year 2003, as also in view of the fact that despite issuance of notice, Opp.Party no.2 did not appear in the court below during the hearing of the anticipatory bail petition, this Court is inclined to 2 extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Let the petitioner above named be enlarged on bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10, 000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Complaint Case No.3052 of 2006. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J )