Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2707 of 2012 Md. Eqbal, son of Md. Mustafa @ golden, resident of village Manpura, P.S. Goraul, district Vaishali at Hajipur .. Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar .. Opposite party **** /2/ 19 January, 2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep his wife or even to pay maintenance at the rate of Rs.1,000/- per month, if she does not wish to live with him. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender of the petitioner, he is directed to be released on interim provisional anticipatory bail, within four weeks, from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 82 of 2011 to the satisfaction of Subdivisional Judicial 2 Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall keep the victim-wife with full love, affection, dignity and all due respects or the petitioner go on paying a sum of Rs.1,000/- per month to the victim-wife till the disposal of the case or till any higher maintenance fixed by the competent Court. S.A. ( Gopal Prasad, 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.