Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38808 of 2011 ====================================================== Md. Javed .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 19-06-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. In pursuance to the order dated 23.11.2011, both petitioner and complainant are present and both sides are ready to resume the conjugal life. Petitioner undertakes to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour and further undertakes to bring the complainant to her matrimonial house within a period of one week. The aforesaid offer is acceptable to the complainant. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Md. Javed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38808 of 2011 (5) dt.19-06-2012 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 S.D.J.M.(East), Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 2694 of 2010, Trial No. 2161 of 2011. Non-compliance of the undertaking given before this Court will give liberty to the complainant to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.