Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29492 of 2012 ====================================================== Amar Kumar @ Amar Kumar Gupta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-08-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, complainant and the State. Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour and ready to withdraw the divorce case. The offer is acceptable to the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant. Both sides agree to appear before learned Court below on 24th of September, 2012, when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid stand of the parties, let Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.29492 of 2012 (2) dt.17-08-2012 2 / 2 2 the petitioner namely Amar Kumar @ Amar Kumar Gupta, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year 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, Sheikhpura in connection with Complaint Case No. 287C of 2012. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed on substantial restoration of matrimonial harmony between the parties, or the complainant refuses to reside with the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.