Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36069 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeet Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 21-09-2012 Petitioner being husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture. The marriage was performed in 1998. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner filed divorce case on 19.10.2010 and thereafter the present complaint was filed on 13.12.2010. It is further submitted that earlier also a case was lodged by the complainant making accusation under [STATUTE] . in which petitioner has been acquitted vide Sessions Trial No. 1557 of 2010 which has been brought on record as Annexure- 4. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36069 of 2012 (2) dt.21-09-2012 2 / 2 2 namely Sanjeet Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Hilsa in connection with Complaint Case No. 1053(C ) of 2010. Shageer/- (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.