Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.45023 of 2011 ====================================================== Tarkeshwar Pandit .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 04-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners 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 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Though, there is accusation of demand of dowry and torture but it appears from the order of Gram Kachahari that the petitioner expressed his willingness to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour to which the complainant did not agree. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is still ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. In that view of the matter, 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, Saran at Chapra in connection with Complaint Case No. 822 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant for her appearance 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: 379

Statute Text:
Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Theft. Whoever commits theft shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.