Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43580 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the matter has been settled between the parties and both decided to part ways. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner namely Mukesh Kumar, 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.43580 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Complaint Case No. 1336 of 2011. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned Court below on verification of the fact that both sides have decided to part ways. 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.