Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32580 of 2012 ====================================================== Sanjeet Kumar Baitha .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The present application has been placed before this Court in view of the administrative order of Hon’ble the Chief Justice dated 17.09.2012 and order dated 23.08.2012 passed by a coordinate Bench of this Court. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case no. 1201C of 2008 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending in the Court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran. The earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was permitted to be withdrawn on 05.03.2012 vide Cr. Misc. No. 41612 of 2010. The prayer for anticipatory bail has been renewed on the ground that the complainant has also performed second marriage. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32580 of 2012 (3) dt.19-09-2012 2/2 This Court is not inclined to take a different view. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. 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.