Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31436 of 2012 ====================================================== Kailashpati Sah & Ors .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 31-08-2012 Petitioner No. 1 being husband and petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 being parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioner No. 1, let the petitioner No. 1 namely Kailashpati Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31436 of 2012 (2) dt.31-08-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 3490(C ) of 2010. Let learned Court below issue notice to the complainant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance of the complainant, the petitioner No. 1 will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner No. 1 will be confirmed by the learned Court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year, or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner No. 1, or she fails to appear before learned Court below. Considering the stand of the husband, let the petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 namely Jagatpati Sah and Saroj Devi, in the event of their arrest or surrender before learned 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 3490(C) of 2010. 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.