Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25001 of 2012 ====================================================== Santosh Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Neelam Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 05/ 16-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. The notices were issued to the complainant on 06.07.2012 but in spite of valid service of notice none is appearing on behalf of O.P. No. 2. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the learned court below also got the notices served but the complainant failed to appear as she has performed second marriage with someone else, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25001 of 2012 (5) dt.16-10-2012 2/2 which gets reflected from Annexure-2. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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 furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Madhubani in connection with Complaint Case No. 1081 of 2009, Tr. No. 5938 of 2010, 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.