Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42735 of 2011 (3) dt.11-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42735 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Subindra Sharma S/O Baleshwar Sharma Village Nauwa Tola ,P.S. Bhagwanpur District Siwan .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Arti Devi, d/o Jiwan Sharma, resident of village Murdha, Post Siwan, P.S. Siwan Mufassil, district Siwan .... Opposite Partues ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 11-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant 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 the victim with due dignity. The learned counsel for the complainant submits that the complainant is also ready to live with the husband-petitioner, if the husband keeps her with due dignity and shall not subject to cruelty or assault. Both the parties are directed to appear before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan, on 11th May, 2012, in connection with Complaint Case No. 2294 of 2009 and the husband shall file affidavit to the effect that he will keep the victim with due dignity and the Court below on being satisfied, shall grant bail to the petitioner, above named, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each subject to the condition that the petitioner shall keep the wife with due dignity and shall neither assault her nor subject her to cruelty and produce the complainant on each and every date fixed in the case and the trial Court shall expedite the case for early disposal. SA/- (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.