Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.499 of 2012 ====================================================== Vijay Rai .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== 2 06-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is ready to kept the informant as his wife with full dignity and honour. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs.10000/(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Muzaffarpur in Sakra (Bariyarpur O.P.) P.S. Case no. 197 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Let the learned court below issue notice to the informant for her appearance when the petitioner will take the informant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned court below within a period of one year on substantial restoration of the matrimonial harmony or if the informant deliberately refuses to reside with the petitioner. 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.