Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6438 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Shakil .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rahmatun Nisa .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 05-03-2012 Learned counsel for the petitioner is make correction with prayer portion. 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 for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Counsels for both sides submit that both are agreed for reconciliation. Both are agreed to appear before the learned court below on 26th March, 2012 when the petitioner take the complainant to her matrimonial house. Considering the stand of the parties, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6438 of 2012 (2) dt.05-03-2012 2/2 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 bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 192 (C) of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Either side will be at liberty to file proper application before the learned court below if either side violates the direction of this Court. DKS/ (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.