Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3667 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Ilyas @ Ilyas .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Niraj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 03-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Provision Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the complainant is the brother’s wife of the petitioner and in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3667 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 2 / 2 2 order to marry the petitioner the present case has been lodged as a pressure tactic. It appears that the petitioner has also filed a case against the complainant and others on the same day i.e., on 07.01.2010 alleging the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . 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 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Complaint Case No. 18 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 342

Statute Text:
Section 342 of the Indian Penal Code. Wrongfully confining any person. Whoever wrongfully confines any person shall be punished with simple imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.