Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2351 of 2012 ====================================================== Om Prakash @ Om Prakash Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 25-01-2012 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] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the stand of the petitioner, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2351 of 2012 (2) dt.25-01-2012 2 / 2 2 today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawada In connection with Complaint Case No. 117 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant for her appearance when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the 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. Amrendra/- (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.