Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44308 of 2011 (3) dt.20-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44308 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Munna Chaudhary Suresh Chaudhary Baliya,Ps-Rajauli,District-Nawada. .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 20-06-2012 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the complainant and the State This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] and 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the victim with due dignity or even ready to pay maintenance of rupees seven hundred per month. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bound of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Complaint Case No. 944 of 2010 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself and the petitioner will keep his wife with love, affection and due dignity and will not subject her to cruelty or assault her or if she refuses to live with the husband, then, the petitioner- husband shall pay rupees seven hundred per month as maintenance till the higher amount is decided or ordered by a 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.