IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12727 of 2010 1. Jagatnath Das @ Jagarnath Das, S/o Late Gugeshwar Das, Village- Kanhauli, P.S. Mithanpura, District-Muzaffarpur. 2. Chandan Kumar, S/o Jagarnath Das, Village- Kanhauli, P.S. Mithanpura, District-Muzaffarpur……Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar …………………………..Opposite Party. For the petitioners :- Mr. Alok Kumar Jha, Advocate. For the State :- Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey,A.P.P. ----------- 2. 13. 05. 2010. Heard the parties. In a criminal prosecution for offences under Sections 406 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code as also under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, the Petitioner No. 1 is alleged to have negotiated for marriage of his son, namely, Chandan Kumar (Petitioner No. 2) with one Poonam Kumari, daughter of the complainant. The marriage was negotiated in the month of April, 2008 and on 09. 04. 2008, after settlement of the marriage, Rs.51,000/- was allegedly given to Petitioner No. 1 by the complainant for the purpose of expenses of the marriage. The marriage card was also printed and date for holding Faldan ceremony was fixed for 25. 04. 2008. Subsequently, due to further demand of dowry made by the petitioners, the marriage could not be solemnised. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there is no documentary evidence to substantiate the aforesaid allegation. Be that as it may, in a prosecution of this nature, there may not be any documentary evidence and probably such 2 documentary evidence is not required at this stage and that is required to be seen during the course of the trial, but in view of serious nature of allegation against the petitioners, prayer for anticipatory bail made on their behalf is rejected. They must surrender in the court below in connection with C-914/08 Trial No. 2648/08 within a period of four weeks from today and seek regular bail, if so advised, which shall be considered and disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present orders. m.p. ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)