Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3685 of 2012 ====================================================== Narendra Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the petitioner was married with the complainant in the year 1988 but he performed second marriage in the year 1999 and after keeping the jewellery and other articles, the complainant was kicked out from the house. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.1500/- per month from March, 2012 by depositing the same in the bank account of the complainant by second week of every month. Let the petitioner supply a copy of this order to the complainant within a period of two weeks when it is expected that the complainant will supply her bank account number to the petitioner within two thereafter by filing the same on affidavit before the learned court below. The aforesaid payment will be subject to any order Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3685 of 2012 (2) dt.06-02-2012 2 / 2 2 being passed in matrimonial or maintenance proceeding. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail in the event of his 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, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Complaint Case No. 934 C/2010 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Three consecutive defaults in making payment by the petitioner will give liberty to the complainant to file an application for cancellation of bail. It is made clear that this order will not preclude the complainant to resume the conjugal life and in case she resumes the conjugal life, the payment will not be made by the petitioner. Anil/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.