Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25245 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25245 of 2012 ====================================================== Bablu Roy .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Ragni Devi .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is 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 and performance of second marriage. Since the petitioner has performed second marriage, hence, it is submitted by learned counsel for the complainant that complainant is not ready to reconcile. In the circumstances, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.1,500/- per month from January, 2013 to the complainant since there is a child also out of the wedlock by depositing the same in her account by second week of every month. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25245 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 The offer is acceptable to the learned counsel for the complainant, who undertakes that the complainant will supply her bank account number by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below within a period of two weeks. Considering the present stand of the parties, 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 twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with Complaint Case No. 4404 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 payment will give liberty to the complainant to file application for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. 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.