Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41328 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Afzal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-11-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The basic accusation is of torture for non- fulfilment of dowry demand. Petitioner denies to have performed second marriage and he is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Md. Afzal, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41328 of 2012 (2) dt.30-11-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 135 of 2006. 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: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.