Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42497 of 2012 (2) dt.12-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.42497 of 2012 ====================================================== Krishna Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. It is submitted that though the complaint was filed in 1997 but since order of cognizance was challenged in revision where the stay was operating, the petitioner was not occasioned to filed application for anticipatory bail. Now,it is submitted that the petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the present stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42497 of 2012 (2) dt.12-12-2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned JM Ist Class, Supaul in connection with Complaint Case No. 305 C of 1997 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant for her appearance when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below in three eventualities – (i) if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or (ii) if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner or (iii) if the complainant fails to appear before the learned court below. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 406

Statute Text:
Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code. Criminal breach of trust. Whoever commits criminal breach of trust shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.