Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25855 of 2012 ====================================================== Prabhu Nath Sah @ Prabhu Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 11-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. 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. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the complainant has filed maintenance case in which the petitioner has made appropriate payment of maintenance as decided by the learned court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above 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, East Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25855 of 2012 (4) dt.11-09-2012 2/2 Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 3200 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of the bail of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.