Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34500 of 2011 ====================================================== Jeetendra Das @ Jeetu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 16-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On instructions, earlier, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour when order dated 14.10.2011 was passed and interim protection was given and notices were issued to the complainant but it appears that on 15.2.2012 the O.P. No. 2 appeared but the petitioner did not choose to appear. Today also, the petitioner is not present, however, O.P. No. 2 is present. Considering the conduct of the petitioner, prayer of the petitioner for anticipatory bail is rejected with liberty to move the learned court below, i.e., C.J.M., Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34500 of 2011 (5) dt.16-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Bhagalpur in connection with Complaint Case no. 1907 of 2010, who will pass appropriate orders in accordance with law without being prejudiced by this order. This application is dismissed accordingly. Anil/- (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.