Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14702 of 2011 ====================================================== Rejwan Ahmad Kihan And Ors. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : M/s Sudama Singh, Rajani Kant Singh and S.K.Mishra, Advs. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 15-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. In this case, petitioners are challenging the FIR in Rohtas P.S.Case No. 3 of 2011 for the offences [STATUTE] om the record that before lodging this case, the prosecutrix had lodged a Complaint Case No. 2495 of 2009 and on the basis of terms of compromise the said complaint was withdrawn. Again petitioners started torturing the complainant which led to filing of the present case. Counsel for the O.P.No.2 has produced before this Court copy of the petition which was filed before the Sub- divisional Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi(Jharkhand) in Complaint Case No. 2495 of 2009 where terms of compromise has been quoted and on that basis the case was withdrawn. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14702 of 2011 (3) dt.15-10-2012 2 / 2 2 This Court does not find any merit in this petition. It is dismissed accoredingly. Jay/- (Shivaji Pandey, 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.