Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11234 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandradev Kumar .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of inflicting torture. It is submitted that petitioner filed restitution case being Matrimonial Case No. 24 of 2005 which was decreed ex-parte even then the complainant did not resume conjugal life when the petitioner filed divorce case being Divorce Case No. 13 of 2010 then the present complaint was filed. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.11234 of 2012 (2) dt.05-04-2012 2 / 2 2 today in connection with C.R. No. 622 of 2010, T.R. No. 1696 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Rosera, Samastipur, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.