Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.365 of 2012 Naresh Kumar Sinha Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 05.01.2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. The petitioner has also filed restitution case. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Naresh Kumar Sinha, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya in connection with Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 107 of 2011. Let learned Court below issue notice to the informant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance of the informant, the petitioner will take the informant 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 informant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Shageer ( 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.