IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.12258 of 2009 AJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY son of Ram Awatar Chaudhary, resident of village- Kharahana, P.S. Kudra, District- Kaimur ….Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …. O.P With Cr. Misc. No.10324 of 2009 1. Ram Awatar Chaudhary son of Late Ramjanam Chaudhary, 2. Keshari Devi wife of Ram Awatar Chaudhary, 3. Amardeo Choudhary son of Late Ramjanam Chaudhary, 4. Lilawati Devi wife of Amardeo Choudhary, 5. Hari Mohan Choudhary son of Late Ramjanam Chaudhary, 6. Urmila Devi wife of Hari Mohan Choudhary, 7. Sanjay Choudhary @ Sanjay Kumar Choudhary S/o Ram Awatar Chaudhary & 8. Raj Kumari Devi wife of Sanjay Choudhary All resident of village-Kharahana, P.S. Kudra, District- Kaimur …..Petitioners Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …. O. P ----------- 2/ 28.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner in Cr. Misc. No.12258 of 2009 is the husband and the petitioners in Cr. Misc. No.10324 of 2009 are the family members. They apprehend their arrest in a complaint case under section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The allegations are of refusal to take the bride home after the marriage unless the dowry be paid. The defence is that the marriage was solemnised by showing another girl. Counsel for the State points out that the allegation relates to a demand being made when the husband obtained good employment in railways after the marriage. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners - 2 - in Cr. Misc. No.10324 of 2009 above named surrender before the court below within four week when they shall be enlarged 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 the S.D.J.M., Bhabua, in connection with Complaint case no.1436/2008, Trial No.1619/09. Let the petitioner in Cr. Misc. No.12258 of 2009, namely, Ajay Kumar Choudhary surrender before the court below within four week when he shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail for a period of six months on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the S.D.J.M., Bhabua, in connection with Complaint case no.1436/2008, Trial No.1619/09. If during this period of six months or thereafter, the petitioner Ajay Kumar Choudhary appears physically before the court below and prays for regular bail, any such application is to be decided on its own merit in the light of the intervening developments and the respective attitude of the parties without being prejudiced by the present order. JA/- (Navin Sinha, J.)