Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.277 of 2012 Dhananjay Kumar Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 04.01.2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Though there is accusation of demand of dowry and torture, but my attention has been drawn on the order 26.07.2011 passed in Maintenance Case No. 71 of 2010 which reflects that the wife refused to go to the matrimonial house. Considering the said stand of the other side, let the petitioner namely Dhananjay Kumar Sah, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chapra, Saran in connection with Complaint Case No. 1126 of 2010. Shageer ( 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.