Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6129 of 2012 ====================================================== Masood Alam, S/O Md. Jameel Akhtar, Resident of Village - Parsa, P.S- Rajnagar, District- Madhubani. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has already divorced the complainant as per Muslim rituals which is being denied by learned counsel for the complainant. The petitioner is ready to pay Rs.1,000/- from April, 2012 to the complainant by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by 2nd week of every month. The said offer of the complainant is acceptable to the complainant Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6129 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 2/2 and learned counsel for the complainant undertakes that account number will be supplied to the petitioner by filing affidavit before the learned court below within a period of three months. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with C.R. No. 739 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial case or maintenance case. Three consecutive defaults will give liberty to the complainant to file application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.