Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35601 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Ram Sagar Prasad S/O Rameshwar Prasad Yadav R/O Village - Kamalpur, P.S. Govindpur, Distt. – Nawada .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rekha Kumari, w/o Ram Sagar Prasad R/O Village - Kamalpur, P.S. Govindpur, Distt. – Nawada .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 20-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the victim with due dignity and will neither assault or subject her to cruelty and even ready to pay maintenance worth Rs.1,000/- per month. The learned counsel for the complainant, however, submits that the petitioner has married with another lady. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the lower Court shall call the complainant and if the complainant is not ready to live with the petitioner, then, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bound of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 1320 of 2010 to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawadah, subject to the condition that the petitioner will pay Rs.1,000/- per month as maintenance till the disposal of the case or till the higher compensation is decided by a competent Court and the petitioner shall appear in the case on day-to-day and the trial shall proceed as expeditiously as possible. 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.