Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41831 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Kumar Jha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that para 5 of the impugned order reflects that the complainant refused to reside with the petitioner. In the circumstance, the petitioner undertakes to pay Rs. 1,000/- per month to the complainant by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every months from January, 2013. The petitioner will supply the copy of the order to the complainant within a period of three weeks when it is expected that the complainant will supply her bank account number to the petitioner by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41831 of 2012 (2) dt.06-12-2012 2/2 below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with C.A. Case No. 3588 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of the bail of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.