Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1644 of 2012 Vijay Prasad Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2/ 18.1.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The learned counsels for the petitioner and the complainant, on instructions, submits that both sides are ready to reconcile though the complaint knows about the second marriage of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M. Nawada in Complaint Case no. 184 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Let the petitioner and the complainant appear before the court below on 30th January, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. 2 The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below within a period of one year on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. The complainant shall file an undertaking before the court below that during this period of one year she will not pursue the maintenance case. Anil/ (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.