Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44792 of 2011 ====================================================== Pappu Rai .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== 2 02-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is languishing in custody in a complaint case filed under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Though, there is accusation of torture and demand of dowry but considering the fact that the petitioner is languishing in custody since October, 2010, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing the 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, Bhagalpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 1547 of 2009. Amrendra Kumar/- (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.