Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44899 of 2011 Awadhesh Das Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 03.01.2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that the father-in-law of the petitioner alleged that the petitioner has illicit relation with a lady with whom he has solemnized the marriage. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has not solemnized the second marriage and he is residing with his first wife and still undertakes to keep the wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Awadhesh Das, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Chakai P.S. Case No. 75 of 2011. Learned Court below will issue notice to the wife of the petitioner and on her appearance, if the wife admits that she resides with the petitioner then the provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned Court below. Shageer (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498A

Statute Text:
Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Punishment for subjecting a married woman to Cruelty. Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.