Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6413 of 2012 ====================================================== Sunil Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of dowry demands. The marriage was performed in 2000. The petitioner filed divorce case on 26.3.2011. Thereafter, the informant side made assault, which led to the filing of the complaint on 7.4.2011 at the behest of the petitioner. Thereafter the present case has been lodged on 12.7.2011. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6413 of 2012 (2) dt.06-03-2012 2 / 2 2 to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City in connection with Didarganj P.S. Case No. 109/2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.