Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20700 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandan Baitha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 25-06-2012 Petitioner being husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On instructions counsels for both sides submit that both sides are ready for reconciliation and both sides agree to appear before learned Court below on 9th of July, 2012, when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Chandan Baitha, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20700 of 2012 (2) dt.25-06-2012 2 / 2 2 thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Trial No. 1694 of 2011, arising out of Complaint Case No. 658 of 2008. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed on substantial restoration of matrimonial harmony between the parties, or the complainant refuses to reside with 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.