Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5889 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Masnoor alias Maskhoor .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Though the impugned order reflects that the complainant was not ready for reconciliation but the learned counsels for both the sides, on instruction, submit that both the sides are ready to resume the conjugal life and they are ready to appear before the learned court below. Considering the above stand of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve 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 C.J.M. Vaishali in Complaint Case no. 81 of 2010 subject to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5889 of 2012 (2) dt.06-03-2012 2 / 2 2 conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let both the sides appear before the court below on 26th March, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. 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.