Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39521 of 2010 (5) dt.24-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39521 of 2010 ====================================================== Rajendra Ravi Das, s/o Sri Sudin Ravi Das, resident of village Badki, Pakaria, P.S. Falka, district Katihar .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sangita Kumari, w/o Rajendra Ravi Das, d/o Arjun Ravi Das, resident of village Bareta Dahatola, P.S. Falka, district Katihar .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within six weeks from the date of receipt of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bound of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 1266 of 2008 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar, subject to the condition that the petitioner will keep the victim with due dignity. The lower Court shall call the complainant and if the complainant refuses on unreasonable ground, then also, the petitioner shall be enlarged on anticipatory bail subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself and the trial Court shall proceed with the trial on day-to-day basis. If a maintenance petition is filed by the complainant as per Domestic Violence Act, then, it will be disposed off within fifteen from the date of it’s filing. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.