IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2694 of 2011 MANOJ KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 01.03.2011 The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in which cognizance has been taken under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged that the petitioner’s marriage was fixed with complainant’s daughter by the family members, in which Rs. 25,000/- was taken at the time of engagement, but subsequently, the marriage could not be performed. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that daughter of the complainant has been married with one Aklu Mahto. It is also contended that the petitioner was not eligible for marriage when the accusation is alleged. Considering the fact that now the girl has been married to some one else and the marriage was negotiated by the parents of the 2 petitioner, let the petitioner, namely, Manoj Kumar be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 570 of 2007. Bhardwaj ( Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.)