Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.9015 of 2012 ====================================================== Pradip Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 26-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the complainant submits that the complainant is still ready for reconciliation but the learned Sessions Judge’s order suggests that on appearance she refused to compromise the case and refused to go to the husband’s house. However, the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.800/- per month to the complainant from May, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. Let the petitioner supply a copy of this order to the complainant within a period of two weeks when it is expected that the complainant will supply her bank account number to the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.9015 of 2012 (2) dt.26-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner within two weeks thereafter by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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 12 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 the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Complaint Case No. 438 C /2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of bail. , Anil/- (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.