Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7832 of 2012 ====================================================== Raju Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== With Criminal Miscellaneous No.8586 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Akhilesh Sharma 2. Premani Devi 3. Rajeshwar Sharma 4. Ranjan Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 15.03.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the husband and the parents of the husband and other family members are apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner-husband Raju Sharma undertakes to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7832 of 2012 (2) dt.15-03-2012 2/3 deliberated. Considering the stand of the petitioner- husband Raju Sharma, let the above named petitioners of Cr. Misc. No. 8586 of 2012, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 384 of 2010, Tr. No. 2114 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. So far petitioner-husband Raju Sharma of Cr. Misc. No. 7832 is concerned, he is directed to be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of aforesaid court in the aforesaid case. Let the learned court below issue notice to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7832 of 2012 (2) dt.15-03-2012 3/3 the complainant for her appearance when the petitioner Raju Sharma will take the complainant to her matrimonial home to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of petitioner Raju Sharma will be confirmed within one year by the learned court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. DKS/ (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.