Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19170 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Suresh Sao son of Jai Ram Sao 2. Jai Ram Sao, son of Late Shiv Charan Sao 3. Subita Devi, wife of Jai Ram Sao .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Savita Devi, wife of Suresh Sao .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no.1 being the husband and petitioners no. 2 & 3 being the parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for offence punishable under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour and denies to have filed a divorce case. The offer of petitioner no.1 is accepted by the learned counsel for the complainant. Both sides agree to appear Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19170 of 2012 (2) dt.20-06-2012 2 / 3 2 before the learned court below on 23.7.2012 when petitioner no.1 will take the complainant to her matrimonial house and keep her with full dignity and honour. Considering the stand of the petitioner no.1, let petitioner no.1 named above be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Trial no. 2828 of 2011 arising out of Complaint Case No. 930 of 2009 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad, Distt.-Jehanabad subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below in two eventualities if the matrimonial harmony is restored substantially within one year or the wife deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Considering the stand of the petitioner no.1, let petitioners no.2 & 3 named above be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Trial no. 2828 of 2011 arising out of Complaint Case No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19170 of 2012 (2) dt.20-06-2012 3 / 3 3 930 of 2009 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad, Distt.- Jehanabad subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. sudip/- (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.