Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.23131 of 2012 ====================================================== Sajid .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-07-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that complainant is residing with the petitioner and at present she has no complaint. In the circumstance, let the petitioner namely Sajid, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Araria in connection with Complaint Case No. 2669C of 2010. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.23131 of 2012 (2) dt.04-07-2012 2 / 2 2 will be confirmed after issuing notice to the complainant by learned Court below and when the complainant admits that she is residing with the petitioner. 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.