Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15988 of 2012 ====================================================== Jagar Nath Prasad Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 18-12-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusations are of torture and performing second marriage. The reconciliation is not feasible at present. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is paying interim maintenance of Rs. 1500/- per month to the complainant as fixed by the learned Court below. In the circumstance, let the petitioner namely Jagar Nath Prasad Gupta, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15988 of 2012 (5) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 704 of 2010. The grant of bail will not preclude the parties to resolve the issue in future. It is expected from learned Court below to dispose off the application of the complainant with regard to the enhancement of the maintenance amount as fixed by the learned Court below. 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.