Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.27540 of 2012 ====================================================== Rohit Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-08-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture when the petitioner was earlier granted anticipatory bail by learned Court below but subsequently the complainant protested for keeping her in a rented house by the petitioner when the bail was cancelled. From the impugned order, it does not appear that any substantial ground for cancellation was made. However, petitioner is still ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. The offer is acceptable to the counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant. Both sides agree to appear before learned Court below on 27th of August, 2012, when the petitioner will take the complainant to her Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27540 of 2012 (2) dt.06-08-2012 2 / 2 2 matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let the petitioner namely Rohit Kumar, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year on furnishing 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, Patna City, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 338 of 2010. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed on substantial restoration of matrimonial harmony between the parties, or the complainant refuses to reside with the petitioner or she fails to appear before learned Court below. Shageer/- (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.