Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44181 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Azam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of torture, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid stand of the petitioner, let the petitioner namely Md. Azam, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44181 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Complaint Case No. 2398C of 2011. Let learned Court below issue notice to the complainant and fix a date for her appearance. On appearance of the complainant, the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional anticipatory bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned Court below on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony within a period of one year, or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside 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.