Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15988 of 2012 ====================================================== Jagar Nath Prasad Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 18-12-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusations are of torture and performing second marriage. The reconciliation is not feasible at present. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is paying interim maintenance of Rs. 1500/- per month to the complainant as fixed by the learned Court below. In the circumstance, let the petitioner namely Jagar Nath Prasad Gupta, 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 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15988 of 2012 (5) dt.18-12-2012 2 / 2 2 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad in connection with Complaint Case No. 704 of 2010. The grant of bail will not preclude the parties to resolve the issue in future. It is expected from learned Court below to dispose off the application of the complainant with regard to the enhancement of the maintenance amount as fixed by the learned Court below. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.