Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36120 of 2011 (3) dt.09-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36120 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Dinesh Seth Jhulen Seth R/O,Vill.-Bhadaula,P.S.-Kudra,Dist.-Kaimur .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Anchal Devi, w/o Dinesh Seth, r/o Bhadaula, P.S. Kudra, district Kaimur, at present d/o Radhe Shyam Seth, village Akhlaspur, P.O. and P.S. Bhabua, district Kaimuar (Bhabua) .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 09-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant and the State. This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity. The learned counsel for the complainant also submits that the victim is ready to live with the petitioner if the husband-petitioner keeps her with due dignity. Both the persons are ordered to be present in the Court below on 09th May, 2012. The trial Court, on being satisfied that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity and the victim is also ready to live with the petitioner, shall grant the interim bail to the petitioner for two months on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 1034 of 2010/Tr. No. 2197 of 2010 the bail bond shall be stand confirmed subject to the condition that the petitioner shall keep the victim with due dignity and will neither assault nor subject her to cruelty. If the complainant is not ready to live with the petitioner in that case the Court below shall confirm the bail bond of the petitioner subject to the condition that petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date, fixed, and his absence, without any reasonable ground, on two consecutive dates, shall be a ground of cancellation of his bail bond and shall proceed with the case for early disposal. 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.