Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14286 of 2012 ====================================================== Tripurari Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. The marriage was performed on 19.11.2009, the petitioner has filed the divorce case on 02.12.2010 when the present complaint was filed on 03.04.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that in pursuance to the notices issued by learned court below on three occasions the petitioner did not appear when the petitioner alleges that the complainant is suffering from some mental abnormality. In the circumstances, the petitioner is given one more chance for reconciliation and to appear before the learned court below. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14286 of 2012 (2) dt.19-04-2012 2/2 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Complaint Case No. 104C of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petitioner and the complainant will appear before the learned court below as first instance on 14th of May, 2012 and thereafter the learned CJM will continue the reconciliation proceeding and fix the date. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the 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: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with 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.