Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35182 of 2011 ====================================================== Md. Hasmuddin .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 19-06-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . On the undertaking given by the petitioner to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, notices were issued to the complainant vide order dated 24.10.2011. Petitioner and complainant are present. Petitioner renews his undertaking of keeping the wife with full dignity and honour. The offer is acceptable to the complainant being O.P. No. 2 and she is ready to go with the petitioner from the Court itself which is acceptable to the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Md. Hasmuddin, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35182 of 2011 (4) dt.19-06-2012 2 / 2 2 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Sikrahna, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Complaint Case No. 607 of 2010. Non-compliance of the undertaking given before this Court 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.