Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31836 of 2012 (2) dt.06-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31836 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajeev Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torture and performing second marriage. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the second marriage was performed with the consent of the first wife where there was no male child which fact is being denied by learned counsel for the informant though petitioner is ready to pay Rs. 1,500/- per month to the informant from November, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the informant by second week of every month. The offer is acceptable to the learned counsel for the informant. Considering the stand of the petitioner, let the above Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31836 of 2012 (2) dt.06-09-2012 named petitioner 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 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Chautham P.S. Case No. 37 of 2012 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. The petitioner will serve a copy of this order to the informant within a period of three weeks when it is expected that the informant will supply her bank account number to the petitioner by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the informant to file an application for cancellation of bail of 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.