Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32135 of 2012 ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-09-2012 Petitioner brother of the husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The basic accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the complainant that it is alleged against the petitioner that he attempted to establish forceful physical relationship with the complainant, whereas it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that learned Court below has not taken cognizance of the alleged accusation against the petitioner. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the complainant, let the petitioner namely Mukesh Kumar Gupta, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32135 of 2012 (2) dt.04-09-2012 2 / 2 2 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., Bikramganj, Rohtas in connection with Complaint Case No. 304 of 2012. 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.