Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32486 of 2011 (3) dt.24-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32486 of 2011 ====================================================== Md. Hassanain .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 24-02-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Though petitioner is not present, but it appears from the order dated 15.10.2011 that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. The wife O.P. No. 2 is present and she is ready to go to her matrimonial house but she is apprehensive about the conduct of the petitioner and his family members. Learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions submits that petitioner will keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Md. Hassanain, in the event of his arrest or surrender before learned 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32486 of 2011 (3) dt.24-02-2012 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 864 of 2009. Let petitioner and O.P. No. 2 appear before learned Court below on 26th of March, 2012, when the petitioner will take the O.P. No. 2 to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. O.P. No. 2 will be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner violates the undertaking given before this Court. 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.