Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17384 of 2012 ====================================================== Juman Mansuri @ Md. Murtuza Mansuri .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 04-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the victim is apprehending arrest in Madhwapur P.S. Case No. 24/2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of CJM, Madhubani. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand and the victim went missing from the house of the petitioner. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the victim went missing in the background of fight with the uncle and petitioner’s side also lodged the case whereas learned A.P.P. submits that the victim went missing from the house of the petitioner but he never lodged the case. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17384 of 2012 (3) dt.04-07-2012 2/2 Let the learned court below consider regular bail of the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view that other accused has been granted bail. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of 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.