Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39746 of 2012 (3) dt.11-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39746 of 2012 ====================================================== Binod Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 11-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is not in dispute that the informant is residing with her child in the matrimonial house. Only grievance is that the petitioner is not taking care of the informant or the child. The petitioner, who is present in the court, undertakes to take care of the informant as well as the child and will ready to keep the informant as wife with full dignity and honour. Both the counsels appearing on behalf of the petitioner and the informant undertake to Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39746 of 2012 (3) dt.11-12-2012 mediate between the parties. Considering the stand of the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on provisional anticipatory bail for one year in the event of his 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 09 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by the learned court below when the issue will be resolved between the parties. DKS/ (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.