Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10974 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Imran .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 617 of 2011 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad. The basic accusation is of torture. In pursuance to the order dated 05.04.2012, both, the petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. The stand of the petitioner is that he has orally divorsed opposite party no.2 as per the Muslim rituals which is being denied by opposite party no.2 and she is ready to resume the conjugal life and she claims that out of the wedlock there is a child also. At present the informant is ready to reconcile the issue if she gets some maintenance for maintaining herself and the child. The said offer of the complainant is also not acceptable to the petitioner. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10974 of 2012 (3) dt.27-08-2012 2/2 In the circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the same is rejected. Amrendra/- (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.