Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33991 of 2012 (2) dt.06-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33991 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Jabbas Alam @ Md. Jabbas, s/o Md. Zahir, resident of village Tamkura, Palasmani Naya Nagar, P.S. Sonamani Godam, district Araria .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 06-09-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the victim-wife with due dignity and honour and for any reason if the victim-wife is not ready to live with the petitioner, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.700/- per month as maintenance. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Kursakanta (Sonamani Godam) P.S. Case No. 60 of 2012 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria, subject to the condition that the petitioner will keep the victim-wife with due dignity or pay Rs.700/- per month as maintenance and subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself. SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.