Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18158 of 2012 ====================================================== Naveen Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 15-05-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It appears that complainant earlier filed Complaint Case No. 2795C of 2009 with similar accusation and in that case petitioner has been granted anticipatory bail on certain terms and conditions vide order dated 13.01.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 42652 of 2010. Petitioner undertakes to abide by the terms and conditions incorporated in the aforesaid order. Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Naveen Kumar, 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 Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18158 of 2012 (2) dt.15-05-2012 2 / 2 2 each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Complaint Case No. 1139C of 2011. 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.