Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22461 of 2011 (4) dt.01-11-2012 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22461 of 2011 ====================================================== 1. Atiqurrahman Son Of Ataurrahman Resident Of 3 V. Road, Karimganj, P.S. Civil Line, District- Gaya .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. Gazala Shaheen, D/O Badruzzama Khan, resident of Mohalla Zaki Bigha, Dehri-on-Sone, district Rohtas .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 01-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, opposite party no. 2 and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail for offence under [STATUTE] . The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim-wife with due dignity. The learned counsel for opposite party no. 2, however, submits that opposite party no. 2 is also ready to live with the petitioner provided the husband keeps her where he resides. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bound of Rs.10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Dehri P.S. Case No. 18 of 2011 to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rohtas at Sasaram, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, the petitioner will take and keep the victim-wife with due dignity and the trial Court, on being satisfied, that the husband will keep the victim-wife with due dignity shall enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail and the petitioner shall appear in Court on each and every date, fixed in the case and any absence, on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable ground to the satisfaction of the Court below, shall be a Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22461 of 2011 (4) dt.01-11-2012 2 ground of cancellation of bail of the petitioner by the lower Court itself SA/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.