Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11697 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Shankar Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 27-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The basic accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand and performing second marriage. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the second wife has already died and he is ready to keep the complainant along with three children with full dignity and honour. The offer of the petitioner is acceptable to the learned counsel appearing on behalf of opposite party no.2. Both sides agree to appear before the learned court below on 24th of September, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant along with three children to her matrimonial house to keep her as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11697 of 2012 (3) dt.27-08-2012 2/2 wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, 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, Sadar Motihari in connection with Complaint Case No. 2110 of 2009, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 504

Statute Text:
Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code. Insult intended to provoke breach of the peace. Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.