Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23869 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjeet Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 17.07.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner is ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour, but she herself refused to reside with the petitioner as gets reflected from para 5 of the impugned order.. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that at present she is willing to reside with the petitioner. In the circumstances, both sides agree that the petitioner and the informant shall appear before the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23869 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 2/2 learned court below on 31st of July, 2012 when the petitioner will take the informant to her matrimonial home to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid liberty, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Pranpur P.S. Case No. 50 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed within one year by the learned court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the informant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner or she fails to appear before the learned court below. DKS/ (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.