Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38497 of 2012 ====================================================== Sagar Sah @ Ram Sagar Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the father of the complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 212 of 1999 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Chapra at Saran. The basic accusation is of committing theft and performing second marriage by the husband of the complainant. Since the thrust of accusation is against the husband of the complainant, in view of this Court it is a fit case for consideration of regular bail. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner preferably on the same day if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38497 of 2012 (2) dt.09-10-2012 2/2 Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.