IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.361 of 2009 MD.MAHTAB @ RAJU, son of Md. Moin @ Md. Moinuddin, resident of Bhusanda, PS Gaya (M), Dist. Gaya .. Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 24.2.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case under sections 498A/342 of the Penal Code and sections ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner who was allegedly married to the complainant was a child according to the birth certificate granted by the Directorate of Statistics & Evaluation which shows his date of birth to be 6.4.1993. The allegation is that the petitioner was married with the complainant in Delhi. The defence of the petitioner is that he had already divorced the lady and communicated the divorce through registered post. Learned counsel submits that in fact the petitioner lives in Delhi and the case has been filed at Gaya which indicates the falsity of the allegations. Be that as it may, the petitioner is directed to be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender within six weeks in Muffasil PS Case No.168/2008 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like each to the satisfaction of the e C.J.M., Gaya, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)