Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31979 of 2011 (3) dt.04-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31979 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Arjun Ram S/O Shri Baleswar Ram R/O Village - Bejhadih, P.O. - Lagunia Raghunath, P.S. - Muffassil, Distirct - Samastipur .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Bindu Devi W/O Arjun Ram D/O Shri Deo Narayan Ram Presently Residing At Raod No. 1, Qr. No. T/39/C, Railway Colony, Gandhi Park, Town, P.S. And District - Samastipur .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 04-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . There is allegation of demand of dowry and subjecting cruelty. The petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity and the complainant is also ready to live. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is also ready to pay Rs.1,000/- per month as maintenance if he will not keep the wife. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest or surrender of the petitioner, he is directed to be released on anticipatory bail, within four weeks, from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 229 of 2010 to the satisfaction of the Subdivisional Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, subject to the condition that petitioner shall appear in the case on each and every date, fixed, and his absence, without any reasonable ground, on two consecutive dates, shall be a ground of cancellation of his bail bond and the petitioner shall cooperate in the trial. If for any reason if the husband shall not keep his wife in such contingency the petitioner has to pay Rs.1,000/- per month as maintenance till a higher maintenance is fixed by the competent Court. 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.