Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4207 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Pandey @ Jitendra Kumar Pandey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Counsels for the both sides agree that both sides are ready for resuming the conjugal life however, the impugned order reflects that due to laches on the part of the petitioner the reconciliation failed. It is prayed by learned counsel for the petitioner that one further chance may be given to the petitioner. Considering the same let the petitioner and opposite partyno.2 appear before the learned court below on 12th of March, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4207 of 2012 (2) dt.09-02-2012 2 / 2 2 2012 when the petitioner will take his wife (opposite party no.2) to her matrimonial house to keep her with full dignity and honour. 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 twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Udwantnagar P.S. Case No. 138 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below within a period of one year if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the informant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.