IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26628 of 2009 VIJAY RAM @ VIJAY KUMAR SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR 03/ 29-10-2009 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is the husband and is an accused in Korma P.S. Case No. 20 of 2008 for offences punishable under Sections 498A, 323, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 /4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Substance of allegation as set out in the F.I.R. by the father of the victim girl who happens to be the wife of the petitioner is of harassment and torture at the hands of the petitioner and his family members. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the marriage itself had taken place in questionable circumstances and in fact he has also filed an application for declaring the marriage as null and void. Considering the circumstances that the present matter arises primarily from a matrimonial dispute and dissatisfaction between the parties, no fruitful purpose would be served to keep the petitioner in custody. In the circumstances, let petitioner Vijay Ram @ Vijay Kumar Singh be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, - 2 - Sheikhpura in connection with Korma P.S. Case No. 20 of 2008. The learned Court below, before whom the matter is pending, would make effort for an amicable settlement of the dispute between the contesting parties. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)