Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.26888 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Ramanand Sah, Son of Bachchu Sah. 2. Satish Kumar, Son of Ramanand Sah. 3. Puja Kumari, daughter of Ramanand Sah. 4. Manju Devi, wife of Ramanand Sah. 5. Santan Sao @ Santan Kumar, Son of Ramanand Sah. All residents of Village- Goh, P.S. Goh, District-Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Kusum Devi, wife of Santan Kumar Sah, D/O Narad Prasad, resident of Village- Pidho. P.S. Karpi, District-Arwal. .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner nos. 5 being the husband of the informant and 1 to 4 being the family members of the husband of the informant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D. P. Act. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 5 is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. Hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the stand of petitioner no.5, let the petitioner nos. 1,2,3 and 4 be released on bail but petitioner no. 5 be released on provisional Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26888 of 2012 (2) dt.01-08-2012 2 / 2 2 anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 69 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Daudnagar, Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Let the learned court below issue notice to the informant and on her appearance the petitioner no. 5 will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner no. 5 will be confirmed by the learned court below in three eventualities if the matrimonial harmony is restored substantially within one year or the wife deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner no. 5 or she fails to appear before the learned court below. U.K./- (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.