Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35323 of 2011 ====================================================== Sudama Prasad @ Botu Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... 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] . On readiness by the petitioner to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, notices were issued on 19.10.2011 to the complainant. The office note dated 23.03.2012 reflects that house service was effected on O.P. No. 2 and AD has returned reflecting the receiving of notice by the father of O.P. No. 2. In the circumstance notes are deemed to have been validly served. Petitioner is present who reiterate his intention to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. None appears on behalf of O.P. No. 2. In the circumstance, let the petitioner namely Sudama Prasad @ Botu Prasad, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35323 of 2011 (3) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Complaint Case No. 577 of 2010, Trial No. 2029 of 2010. If the complainant so desires, she may file appropriate application before learned Court below when learned Court below will issue notice to the petitioner when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. 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.