Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1860 of 2012 ==================================================== Ali Hassan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ==================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 31-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . On instructions, both, counsels for the petitioner and the complaint submit that both sides are ready for resumption of conjugal life. In the circumstances, both sides agree to appear before the learned court below on 27th of February, 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 stands of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1860 of 2012 (3) dt.31-01-2012 2 / 2 2 event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Complaint Case No. 256 of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Either party will be at liberty to file an appropriate application if either one violates the undertaking given before this Court. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.