Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17011 of 2011 (4) dt.18-04-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 17011 of 2011 ====================================================== Niranjan Kumar @ Chhotu .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Mamta Devi .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 4 18-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, complainant and the State. This is a petition for grant of anticipatory bail in a case under [STATUTE] Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the parties are settled their dispute at the mediation centre. Learned counsel for the complainant, however, contended that she has been taken to the house of the husband and confined in the room and neither the husband takes food prepared by the wife nor behaves like a husband. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 four weeks on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri S. K. Singh, Judicial Magistrate – Ist Class, Sherghatti at Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 01 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P. C. subject Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.17011 of 2011 (4) dt.18-04-2012 to the condition that he will continue to keep the victim with due dignity as a wife and will neither subject her to cruelty nor assault. However, any breach of the condition in future shall be a ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner and the trial court if found any breach of the condition direct the petitioner to produce the victim on each and every date fixed in the case by the court below. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.