Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21889 of 2012 ====================================================== Alok Kumar @ Munna .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 3447 of 2010 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. The basic accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry. In pursuance to the order dated 29.06.2012, the petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. The complainant is ready to resume the conjugal life but the petitioner is not ready for the same due to past conduct of the opposite party no.2. In the circumstance, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21889 of 2012 (4) dt.27-08-2012 2/2 the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. 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.