Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11951 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sanjay Kumar, 2. Usha Devi, 3. Urmila Devi, 4. Ajay Kumar alias Ajay 5. Babloo Mandal, 6. Ram Prasad Mandal alias Ram Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioner no.1 being husband and petitioner nos. 2 to 6 being family members are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner no. 1 is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour and, hence, the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid stand of petitioner no. 1, let the above named petitioner nos. 2 to 6 be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11951 of 2012 (2) dt.10-04-2012 2 / 2 2 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM, Bhagalpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 458 of 2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. So far as petitioner no. 1 is concerned, let he 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 SDJM, Bhagalpur in the aforementioned case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the complainant for her appearance when the petitioner no. 1 will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner no. 1 will be confirmed if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner no. 1. Anil/- (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.