IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13802 of 2011 RAMLAL MUKHIYA AND ANR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 02. 12.05.2011 Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under Sections 323, 406, 420 of the I.P.C. and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is that petitioner No. 1 negotiated with the complainant for the marriage of petitioner No. 2 with the daughter of the complainant but subsequently petitioners refused to finally settle the marriage. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that since the proposed bride groom was not 21 years of age, hence the marriage was not performed. Petitioner is ready to deposit Rs. 25,000/- before learned Court below within a period of six months which will be invested in some fixed deposit schemes which will be subject to the result of the case. The aforesaid deposit shall have no bearing on the merits of the claim and counter claim of the parties. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners namely 1. Ramlal Mukhiya 2. Dhurendra 2 Mukhiya @ Dhurendra Kumar, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Complaint Case No. 1159C of 2009. The bail bond of the petitioners will be provisionally accepted which will be confirmed on deposit of the aforesaid amount within a period of six months. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)