IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.41352 of 2010 CHANDRA SHEKHAR MAHTON Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 26.3.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. Petitioner is alleged to be husband of the informant in a case under Section 494, 498A, 323 and 380/34 of the IPC. On the one hand, petitioner claims to be paying Rs.one thousand maintenance to the informant and her two minor sons and on the other, it has been contended that he is not married to the informant. The present case appears to have been filed after the decision in the maintenance case in favour of the informant, apparently because the petitioner married again leading to alleged neglect and torture. In the facts of the case, this Court is not persuaded to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The prayer is rejected. In case, petitioner surrenders within 10 weeks in the court of learned CJM, Begusarai in connection with Khodawandpur PS Case No.72/2010 - 2 - and satisfies the court below that he has compromised his differences with the wife, in that event he would be allowed bail on the date of surrender itself. Otherwise, petitioner’s prayer for bail shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order. sk (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.)