Explanation:

The section 497 of the IPC deals with adultery whereas the CrPC section 438 deals with anticipatory bail.

Section 497 of the IPC treats only the man as the offender and the married woman as a victim.
The Supreme Court said the dusty Victorian provision of adultery in the Indian Penal Code treats a married woman as her husband’s “subordinate.”
The court admitted a petition to drop adultery as a criminal offence from the statute book. SC mentioned in its order ‘the Time has come when the society must realise that a woman is equal to a man in every respect’