Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10978 of 2012 ====================================================== Gautam Das .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour. Learned counsel for the complainant submits that the petitioner did not agree before the learned court below to keep the complainant as wife unless she is being medically treated by her parents. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforesaid statement was made under some misconception. The petitioner puts no terms and conditions for keeping the complainant as wife. Considering the above stand, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10978 of 2012 (2) dt.04-04-2012 2 / 2 2 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, Jamui in Complaint Case no. 923 C of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Let the petitioner and complainant appear before the learned court below on 30th April, 2012 when the petitioner will take the complainant to her matrimonial house to keep her as wife with full dignity and honour. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed if the matrimonial harmony is substantially restored or if the complainant deliberately refuses to reside with 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.