Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35273 of 2011 ====================================================== Rajesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 19-03-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On 19.10.2011 notices were issued to the complainant O.P. No. 2 on the undertaking of the petitioner that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. Petitioner is present and he reiterates his undertaking given on his behalf before this Court earlier, whereas it is submitted on behalf of O.P. No. 2 that she could not appear under certain misconception but she is ready to resume the conjugal life, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Both sides agree to appear before learned Court below on 16th of April, 2012, when the petitioner will take the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35273 of 2011 (4) dt.19-03-2012 2 / 2 2 complainant O.P. No. 2 to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid stands of the parties, let the petitioner namely Rajesh Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing 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, Aurangabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 256 of 2009. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed on substantial restoration of matrimonial harmony between the parties, or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. 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.