IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17838 of 2008 1. BHAWANI DEVI 2. PULKIT MISHRA Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Sunita Mishra ----------- Cr.Misc. No.23455 of 2008 SNIL KUMAR MISHRA @ GOPAL MISHRA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 5. 12.11.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for Opposite party no. 2. The petitioners in Cr. Misc. No. 17838 of 2008 are the in-laws. The petitioner in Cr. Misc. No. 23455 of 2008 is brother- in-law of the victim. They apprehend arrest in a complaint case under Sections 498 A of the Penal Code and Sections 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Six to seven months prior to the present allegations, the husband filed a case for divorce. It is not in controversy that the complainant has entered appearance therein and filed her written statement. Notwithstanding the divorce case the court below bonafidely attempted a compromise between the parties in bail matters when provisional bail was also granted. Unfortunately the compromise failed. The failure of the compromise in the background of an earlier divorce case filed by the husband, to this Court is not sufficient ground to reject the application for anticipatory bail and subject them to the rigours of custody in the nature of the present 2 allegations. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners, abovenamed surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, when they shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Madhubani in Complaint case bearing C.R. No. 902 of 2007 corresponding to E.R. No. 92 of 2007. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)