Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.17160 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Uday Ram .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-05-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Though the petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour but it appears from the impugned order that after appearing before the learned court below the complainant refused to reside with the petitioner. In the circumstances, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1,000/-per month to the complainant from July, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. The petitioner will serve the copy of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17160 of 2012 (2) dt.09-05-2012 2 / 2 2 order to the complainant when the complainant shall supply her bank account number by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 579 of 2011, T.R. No. 2029 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Samastipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings. Three consecutive defaults in making payment will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of bail of petitioner. U.K./- (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.