Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16335 of 2011 (5) dt.10-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16335 of 2011 ====================================================== Sanjay Sah, s/o Sri Arjun Sah, resident of village Rahimabad, P.S. Tajpur, district Samastipur .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Chanda Devi, w/o Sanjay Sah, resident of village Rahimabad, P.S. Tajpur, district Samastipur, at present Bengali Tola, Chamar Toli, P.S. Samastipur (Town) district Samastipur .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 5 10-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the victim with due dignity. The complainant on notice, duly served, not appeared. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest and surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, the Court below shall call upon the complainant and if the complainant is ready to live with husband allow the petitioner interim bail for two months on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 98 of 2007 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall keep the victim with due dignity and will neither assault nor subject her to cruelty. The Court below shall confirm the bail on being satisfied that the petitioner has not violated the condition. However, if the victim wife refused to go with husband on unreasonable ground, then, the trial Court will confirm the interim bail on condition that petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date, fixed, and his absence, without any reasonable ground, on two consecutive dates, shall be a ground for cancellation of his bail bond. 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.