IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17998 of 2010 1. UPENDRA MUKHIYA 2. MORIL DEVI 3. SHAINI MUKHIYA 4. LALIYA DEVI 5. SAKALDEO MUKHIYA 6. SUNITA DEVI 7. RAMU MUKHIYA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2/ 15/06/2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. The defence of the family members in a complaint case under Section-498A of Indian Penal Code is that the husband is willing to revive matrimonial harmony. Considering a 10 year old marriage with generalized allegations when the husband is still to subject himself to the law, if the petitioners named above surrender within eight weeks and in the mean time the husband of the complainant has subjected himself to the law the bail-bonds of the petitioners shall be accepted and they shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail upon furnishing the bail-bonds of Rs.20,000/- (twenty thousand) each along with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri G. Anand, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saharsa in connection with Complaint Case No.1640/2009 subject to the conditions - 2 - laid down under Section-438(2) Cr.P.C. If the husband has not subjected himself to the law during eight weeks, the present application shall be deemed to have been rejected when any prayer for regular bail on behalf of the petitioners is required to be considered on merits, without being prejudiced by the present order. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)