Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45899 of 2012 ====================================================== Prince Kumar @ Manoj Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 11-12-2012 Petitioner being husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has filed matrimonial case for divorce in 2010 and the present case has been lodged in 2012. Petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1500/- to the complainant from January, 2013, by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. Considering the matrimonial case being filed at earlier point of time and the present stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Prince Kumar @ Manoj Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45899 of 2012 (2) dt.11-12-2012 2 / 2 2 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 804 of 2012. Let the petitioner serve a copy of this order to the complainant within a period of two weeks when it is expected that complainant will supply her bank account number within a period of two weeks thereafter, by filing the same on affidavit before learned Court below. The aforesaid payments will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in payment 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.