Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25923 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajesh Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 27-07-2012 Petitioner being brother of the husband of the deceased is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of killing the niece of the informant, after two years of marriage, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that father of the husband of the victim has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 18832 of 2010. I see no reason for learned Court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner, preferably on the same day, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks in connection with Isuapur P.S. Case No. 04 of 2006, pending in the Court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saran at Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25923 of 2012 (2) dt.27-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Chapra. With the observations above, the application stands disposed off. Let the order of this Court be transmitted through FAX to the learned Court below at the cost of the petitioner. Shageer/- (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.