Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39902 of 2011 (4) dt.05-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39902 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Jasan Lal Mandal S/O Mangan Mandal Resident Of Village Khapra Tola Karhaiya, P.S. Palasi, District Araria .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Smt. Meena Devi, w/o Jasan Lal Mandal, d/o Satish Mandal @ Dokai Mandal, resident of village Khapra Tola Karhaiya, P.S. Palasi, District Araria .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 05-07-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the victim with due dignity or even for any reason if the victim is not ready, then, he is ready to pay Rs.5,00/- per month as maintenance. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bound of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Palasi P.S. Case No. 22 of 2002 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code and if the complainant is ready to live with the petitioner- husband, then, the petitioner shall keep the victim with due dignity and will neither assault or subject her to cruelty and if for any reason the complainant is not ready to live with the petitioner-husband, then, the petitioner shall pay a maintenance of Rs.5,00/- per month to the complainant till a higher maintenance is decided or ordered by a competent Court and any violation of the condition(s) shall be a ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.