Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44467 of 2012 ====================================================== Satish Chandra Pathak & Ors .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-12-2012 Petitioner No. 1 being husband and petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 being brother and father of husband are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of torture. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioner No. 1 being husband of the complainant is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the present stand of the petitioner No. 1, let the petitioner No. 1 namely Satish Chandra Pathak, 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, 1st Class, Saharsa in connection with Complaint Case No. 821 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44467 of 2012 (2) dt.17-12-2012 2 / 2 2 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 No. 1 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 No. 1 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 No. 1. Considering the present stand of petitioner No. 1, let the petitioner Nos.2 and 3 namely Prashant Kumar Pathak and Harishchandra Pathak, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the 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) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saharsa in connection with Complaint Case No. 821 of 2011. Shageer/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.