Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10415 of 2012 ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar Singh @ Pankaj Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 03-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, complainant and the State. Petitioner being husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner and O.P. No. 2 are present. Petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. The offer is not acceptable to the complainant who is also present due to the past conduct of the petitioner. In the circumstance, petitioner is ready to pay the maintenance amount as has been directed by the Maintenance Court along with the arrears within a period of three months. Considering the stands of the parties, let the petitioner namely Pankaj Kumar Singh @ Pankaj Kumar, in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10415 of 2012 (4) dt.03-09-2012 2 / 2 2 event of his arrest or surrender within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one years, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Complaint Case No. 642C of 2011. The up-to-date payment of the maintenance amount by the petitioner will give liberty to the learned Court below to confirm the provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.