Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20537 of 2012 ====================================================== Binod Kumar S/O Sri Dinanath Yadav, R/o Village- Puran Chak, P.S- Masaurhi, Distt- Patna. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party PRESENT : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 06-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is accused in Masaurhi P.S. Case No.27 of 2012 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the husband of the informant and has been falsely implicated and that the petitioner is ready to keep his wife and children with dignity and honesty. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Masaurhi in connection with Masaurhi P.S.Case No.27of 2012 (G.R.No.105 of 2012). However, the informant may file a case against the petitioner Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20537 of 2012 (2) dt.06-06-2012 2 for maintenance of herself and her children and it is expected that the court concerned shall proceed with the matter and decide the same expeditiously, if such a petition is filed. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.