Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.13443 of 2011 ====================================================== Jai Prakash Prasad @ Pappu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the 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. Both, the petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. Opposite party no.2 claims that she has married to the petitioner which is denied by the petitioner. It appears from the report of the mediation center, at flag ‘D’, that the mediation has failed. In the circumstances, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 2200/- per month to the opposite party no.2 from February, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the opposite Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13443 of 2011 (5) dt.31-01-2012 2 / 2 2 party no.2. by second week of every month. Opposite party no.2 accepts the offer of the petitioner and undertakes to supply her bank account number to the petitioner within a period of two weeks by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the 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, Hajipur, Vaishali in connection with Complaint Case No. 3560 of 2009 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the opposite party no.2 to file an application for cancellation of the 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.