Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1341 of 2012 ====================================================== Hemant Singh @ Hemant Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner alleged to be the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The marriage is disputed by the petitioner. It is alleged that from the wedlock there is one female child also who subsequently died. It is submitted that the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 2,000/- per month to the complainant from February, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. Let the petitioner supply a copy of this order to the complainant within a period of two weeks when it is expected that the complainant will supply her bank account number to the petitioner by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the 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 the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 1267C of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of the bail of the petitioner. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.