Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5899 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Jubeda Khatoon Wife Of Late Kalimuddin Resident Of Village- Karaz Road No.- 8, House No.- 23, Garib Colony, P.S.- Mango, District- Jamshedpur, Tata, Jharkhand 2. Md. Aslam Son Of Late Kalimuddin Resident Of Village- Karaz Road No.- 8, House No.- 23, Garib Colony, P.S.- Mango, District- Jamshedpur, Tata, Jharkhand .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Shakila Khatoon Wife Of Md.Aslam Resident Of Karaz Road No.- 8, House No.- 23, Garib Colony, P.S.- Mango, P.S. And District- Jamshedpur,Tata, Jharkhand At Present Shakila Khatoon, Daughter Of Md. Mokim, Resident Of Hazratganj Bara Gali No.- 12, P.S.-Kasim Bazar, District- Munger .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and the State. The petitioners being the mother of the husband and husband himself are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the D.P.Act. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5899 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 2 / 3 2 Petitioner Md. Aslam undertakes to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid facts, let petitioner No.1 Jubeda Khatoon be released on anticipatory bail, 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Kasim Bazar P.S. Case No. 90 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. So far as petitioner No.2 Md. Aslam is concerned, let petitioner No.2 be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, in the event of arrest of 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 court-below, 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 complainant for her appearance when the petitioner No.2 will take Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5899 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 3 / 3 3 the complainant to her matrimonial home to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of petitioner No.2 will be confirmed within one year by the learned court-below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with petitioner No.2. Mkr./- (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.