Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7090 of 2012 (3) dt.12-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7090 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Musafir Giri S/O Bharat Giri Resident Of Village- Medhwar, P.S.- Jamo Bazar, District- Siwan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the D.P.Act. The petitioner is ready to keep his wife with full dignity and honour. Hence, the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the stand of the petitioner, , let the above named petitioner, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, in the event of his 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7090 of 2012 (3) dt.12-03-2012 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in Complaint Case No.624 of 2011, Trial No.3933 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2)of the Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the wife of the petitioner and on his appearance the petitioner will take the wife to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below in two eventualities if the matrimonial harmony is restored substantially within one year or the wife deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. B.Kr./- (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.