Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11200 of 2012 ====================================================== Shiv Shankar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 13-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. In pursuance to the order dated 09.04.2012, both, the petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. The petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. The offer of the petitioner is acceptable to opposite party no.2 but she is apprehensive that the petitioner will not take her to his place of work at Mumbai when it is admitted by the petitioner that within six months, he will make arrangement for stay at his place of work at Mumbai and in the meantime he will take her to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Both sides agree to appear before the learned court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11200 of 2012 (3) dt.13-08-2012 2/2 below on 3rd of September, 2012 when the petitioner will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikarhana, Motihari in connection with Madhuban P.S. Case No. 182 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the informant refuses to reside with the petitioner of if she fails to appear before the learned court below. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.