Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1228 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Firoz .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. On instructions, counsels for both parties submit that both sides are ready for reconciliation. The contention of the complainant is that the petitioner has performed second marriage which is being denied by counsel for the petitioner. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, East Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 3257 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Let the petitioner and the complainant appear before the learned court below on 6th of February, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below within a period of one year on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.