Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34406 of 2011 ====================================================== Subodh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 08-02-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner and O.P. No. 2 are present. Petitioner is ready to take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignigy and honour. The offer is acceptable to the complainant but she is little apprehensive due to the past conduct of the petitioner. Petitioner further reiterates his undertaking given before this Court to keep the complainant with full dignity and honour and undertakes to take the complainant to her matrimonial house from the Court itself. Considering the aforesaid stands of the parties, let the petitioner namely Subodh Kumar, in the event of his arrest Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34406 of 2011 (4) dt.08-02-2012 2 / 2 2 or surrender before learned 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 amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 875C of 2010. The complainant will be at liberty to file appropriate application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner, if the petitioner violates the undertaking given before this Court. Shageer/- (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.