Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31259 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31259 of 2012 ====================================================== Ajay Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Manni Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 14-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. The petitioner has performed the second marriage, hence, reconciliation is not feasible at present. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that after performing the second marriage through Gram Panchayat it was decided that both sides live separate life and petitioner will pay Rs.2,000/- annually to the complainant when there is a child also Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31259 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 from the wedlock. The petitioner undertakes to pay Rs.2,000/- per month from January, 2013 to the informant by depositing the same in her account by second week of every month. The offer is accepted by the informant, who is present in the Court and she undertakes to supply her bank account number by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from today. Considering the present stand of the parties, 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 bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Chakmehsi P.S. Case No. 110 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings. Three consecutive defaults in making Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31259 of 2012 (3) dt.14-12-2012 payment will give liberty to the informant to file application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.