Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44677 of 2011 Pawan Kumar Mandal, S/O-Braham Deo Mandal Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- For the petitioner :-Mr. Shekhar Kumar Singh For the State :- Mr. B.N. Pandey (A.P.P.) 02 12.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is in jail custody since 01.10.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Allegedly, petitioner filed a suit under Section 9 of Hindu Marriage Act showing the complainant as his wife with an intention to put the informant in trouble so that she could not get maintenance amount from her husband. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the investigation of this case has already been completed and no purpose would be solved by keeping the petitioner in jail custody. Learned counsel appearing for the informant opposed the prayer pointing out this fact that an enquiry under Section 340 of the Cr.P.C. is also pending against the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Khagaria 2 (Chitragupta Nagar) P.S. Case No. 78 of 2010. However, learned trial court should expedite the trial of the petitioner. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)

Applicable IPC Section: 500

Statute Text:
Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. Defamation against the President or the Vice-president or the Governor of a State or Administrator of a Union Territory or a Minister in respect of his conduct in the discharge of his public functions when instituted upon a complaint made by the Public Prosecutor. Whoever defames another shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.