Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45089 of 2011 Md. Sadakat Ansari Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 2. 4.1.2012 Heard. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in Complaint Case No. 1331 of 2010 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is ready to keep his wife with full dignity and honour. It appears that the reconciliation failed before the lower court but in spite of that the petitioner wants to take another chance. In that view of the matter, the petitioner Md. Sadakat Ansari is directed to be released provisionally for one year, either in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below, on furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua, in the above noted complaint case, subject to the conditions as laid down in Section 438(2) Cr. P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant and on her appearance the petitioner will take back the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her 2 with full dignity and honour. The court below shall confirm the provisional anticipatory bail granted to the petitioner within one year on being satisfied about the restoration of matrimonial harmony or on refusal of the complainant to reside with the petitioner. Kanth ( 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.