Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.2913 of 2012 ====================================================== Khurshid Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 30-01-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusations are of torture and demand of dowry. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that complainant has already been divorced by the petitioner, in spite of that, petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1000/- from April, 2012, by depositing the same in the account of the complainant by second week of every month. Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Khurshid Alam, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2913 of 2012 (2) dt.30-01-2012 2 / 2 2 Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 1791 of 2011, Trial No. 3480 of 2011. Let the petitioner serve a copy of this order to the complainant within a period of three week, when it is expected that complainant will supply the bank account number by filing the same on affidavit before learned Court below. The aforesaid payments will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in payment will give liberty to the complainant to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of 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.