Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19533 of 2012 ====================================================== Abhishes Rai @ Abhishek Anand .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 04-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. None appears on behalf of the complainant. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Vide order dated 22.05.2012, the matter was referred to the Mediation Centre of the Patna High Court. The report of the Mediation Centre (Flag-A) reflects that in spite of the petitioner’s offer to withdraw the divorce case and reconcile the issue, the complainant refused to reside with the petitioner. In the circumstances, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1,000/- per month to the complainant from October, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19533 of 2012 (3) dt.04-09-2012 2/2 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, Begusarai in connection with Complaint Case No. 916C of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petitioner will serve a copy of this 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 below within two weeks from the date of receipt/production of the copy of this order. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 406

Statute Text:
Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal breach of trust. Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.