Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6339 of 2012 ====================================================== Mojsam Ansari @ Md. Mosajjam Ansari .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 23.8.2011 in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the matter has been reconciled and the informant is residing in the house of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid submissions and the period of custody, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Bhagalpur in Barahat P.S. Case no. 46 of 2011. Anil/- (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.