Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28736 of 2012 ====================================================== Mahendra Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 04-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner filed a matrimonial case for divorce but now the matter has been settled between the parties. 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Nawadah in connection with Complaint Case No. 583 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28736 of 2012 (4) dt.04-12-2012 2/2 Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant and if the complainant admits that they have mutually decided to live separately then the provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below. Amrendra/- (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.