Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43682 of 2011 (3) dt.11-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43682 of 2011 ====================================================== Sonu Kumar, son of Birendra Prasad @ Bijendra Prasad, resident of Village- Nigampur, P.O. Deohara, P.S. Goh, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Kamala Devi, W/o Sonu Kumar, D/o… Resident of Village & P.O. Malanwa, P.S. Khudwan, District- Aurangabad. .... .... Opposite Parties. CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 3 11-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 126 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] and section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is ready to keep the wife with due dignity. Learned counsel for the informant submits that wife is also ready to live with the petitioner if the petitioner keep her with due dignity and honour. Hence both the parties are directed that they will appear on 11th May, 2012 and the petitioner shall file an affidavit to the effect that he will keep the wife with due dignity and on such affidavit trial court on being satisfied with an interview of both Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43682 of 2011 (3) dt.11-04-2012 parties that they are living together peacefully, then the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from today, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad, in connection with Goh P.S. Case No. 126 of 2011, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of Cr.P.C. with a further condition that petitioner shall keep the wife with due dignity and will neither assault or subject her to cruelty and any violation of condition shall be ground for cancellation of the bail bond of the petitioner by the court below on its own satisfaction. However, if the petitioner is arrested prior to 11th May, 2012, then court below shall notice the wife and grant bail to the petitioner on conditions mentioned above. m.p. (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.