Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32856 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeet Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture and demand of dowry. It is submitted that marriage was performed under pressure when informant has compromised the matter and admitted the same before learned Court below which gets reflected from the impugned order. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Sanjeet Thakur, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Saharsa in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32856 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 2 / 2 2 connection with Complaint Case No. 1567C of 2008. 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.