Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27480 of 2012 (4) dt.14-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27480 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Raj Narayan Dubey 2. Ranjan Kumar Dubey .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Rohibi Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04/ 14-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the complainant. The petitioners being the husband and father of the husband of the complainant are apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture. The marriage was performed on 12.03.2006 when petitioner no. 2 filed Matrimonial Case No. 42 of 2007 for divorce on 17.05.2007 when the present complaint has been filed on 20.12.2010 and at present the reconciliation does not appear to be feasible. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27480 of 2012 (4) dt.14-12-2012 The petitioner no. 2 undertakes to pay Rs.3,000/- per month from January, 2013 to the complainant by depositing the same in her account by second week of every month. The offer is acceptable by the complainant, who is present in the Court and she undertakes to supply her bank account number by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below within a period of three weeks from today. Considering the present stand of the parties, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub- divisional Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Complaint Case No. 1326(C) of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceedings. Three consecutive defaults in making Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27480 of 2012 (4) dt.14-12-2012 payment will give liberty to the complainant to file application for cancellation of bail of petitioner no. 2. DKS/ (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.