Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24747 of 2012 ====================================================== Arbind Goshwami .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rinki Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 18-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the complainant. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. The offer is acceptable to the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant. Both sides agree to appear before the learned court below on 8th of October, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial home to keep her as wife with full Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24747 of 2012 (3) dt.18-09-2012 2/2 dignity and honour. Considering the present stand of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Jehanabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 869 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed within one year by the learned court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. DKS/ (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.