Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2111 of 2012 ====================================================== Saddam Hussain @ Hitler .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 05-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. The petitioner is not present, however, the complainant is present who is ready to reconcile when it is contended that the petitioner has performed second marriage also. The counsel for the petitioner, on instruction, submits that the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 2,000/- per month to the complainant from January, 2013 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. The offer of the petitioner is acceptable to the complainant who undertakes to supply her bank account number to the petitioner within a period of four weeks by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2111 of 2012 (5) dt.05-11-2012 2/2 Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 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 the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Supaul in connection with Complaint Case No. 1293C of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.