IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.22415 of 2009 Dharmendra Kumar, Son of late Ram Anugrah Prasad, resident of Village-Bankipur Gorath, P.S.-Fathua, District-Patna. -Petitioner. VERSUS The State of Bihar -Opposite Party. ----------- 02 06.08.2009 The petitioner is the husband who apprehends his arrest in Patepur Police Station Case No. 19 of 2009 instituted for offences under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The said case arises out of Complaint Case No. 3355 of 2008. It is alleged that the parties were married in the year 2003, thereafter there was a demand of Rs. 50,000/- followed by a motorcycle. It is also alleged that the petitioner and others have taken right thumb impression of the complainant/informant on a blank piece of paper and throw out of the house. On behalf of the petitioner, it is submitted that marriage having taken place in the year 2003, it is not conceivable that after 5 years of marriage any dowry demand would be demanded. More over, it is said that the wife is not ready to stay in the matrimonial house. Thereafter, the matter was taken at panchayati, which was held and there the parties expressed their views. Accordingly, on 23.07.2008 petitioner filed application for divorce before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Patna. It is after 7 months i.e. on 03.02.2009, the complaint was filed. Informant has appeared and has been heard. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest/surrender within four weeks from today, the petitioner - 2 - abovenamed shall be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Patepur Police Station Case No. 19 of 2009, subject to all conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)