Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44246 of 2011 (2) dt.02-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44246 of 2011 ====================================================== Dhananjay Singh @ Dharm Ranjan Kumar, son of Jagdish Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA) 2 02-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Complaint Case No. 714(C) of 2010 for offences under [STATUTE] and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna City, Patna. After some arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw this application with a liberty to surrender before the court below within a fortnight and seek regular bail, where the prayer shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudice of instant withdrawal. Accordingly, this application stands disposed of as withdrawn. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.