Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7501 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Parwez Alam .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in Vaishali P.S. Case No. 268 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur. The claim of the petitioner was that the petitioner divorsed the informant prior to lodging of the present which is being denied by the informant. The notices were issued to the informant on 14.03.2012, during the pendency of the present proceeding, when the interim protection was given to the petitioner, the petitioner has performed second marriage on 16th of July, 2012. In pursuance to the order dated 14.03.2012, both, the petitioner and opposite party no.2 are present. The petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7501 of 2012 (4) dt.27-08-2012 2/2 admits that he has performed second marriage which is the abuse of the interim protection given to him. In the circumstance, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the same is rejected. Amrendra/- (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.