IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8869 of 2008 RANJIT KUMAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ANR ----------- 2. 15.05.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner prays for anticipatory bail in a complaint case under Sections 498A and 379 of the Indian Penal Code and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The allegation is that even after the marriage there was a demand for further amount of Rs. 1 lakh as dowry and the same not being met she was subjected to torture. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the complainant has, in fact, deserted the petitioner and lives with her parents after the petitioner had refused to become a Ghar Jamai and stay in his sasural with his in-laws . It is submitted that on 15.11.2006 a Matrimonial Case No. 105 of 2006 was filed by the petitioner for restitution of conjugal right and only on receipt of the notice of the said case the present case has been filed on 12.2.2007 on totally false allegation. On a consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that the petitioner, Ranjit Kumar, in the event of his arrest/surrender in the court below within four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection 2 with Complaint Case No. C- 217 of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran subject to the other applicable conditions laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. P. Kumar (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)