Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43274 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Mukhtar @ Md. Mukhtar Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-12-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour and similar was the stand before learned Court below, but the complainant did not appear. Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Md. Mukhtar @ Md. Mukhtar Alam, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43274 of 2012 (2) dt.12-12-2012 2 / 2 2 Madhubani in connection with Complaint Case No. 1365 of 2010. Let learned Court below issue notice to the complainant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance of the complainant, the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned Court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year, or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.