Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34953 of 2011 ====================================================== Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Raj .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 26-03-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On readiness by the petitioner to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, vide order dated 25.10.2011 notices were issued to the complainant, O.P. No. 2. The petitioner and O.P. No. 2 are present. Both sides are ready for reconciliation. O.P. No. 2 is ready to go to the petitioner’s house on 30th of April, 2012 since her children are appearing at the examination. Petitioner is ready to take the complainant on 30th of April, 2012 along with children to his place of posting at Chattisgarh. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Raj, in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34953 of 2011 (3) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Complaint Case No. 679 of 2009. The complainant will be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner fails to comply the undertaking given before this Court. 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.