Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35645 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35645 of 2012 ====================================================== Nizamuddin Ansari @ Sonu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Md. Sanaullah Ansari .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 14-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the complainant. The petitioner being the husband of the daughter of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsels for the petitioner and the complainant that the matter has been settled between the parties and a compromise petition has been filed before the learned court below. In that view of the matter, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35645 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dehri, Rohtas in connection with Complaint Case No. 789 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.