Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37414 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37414 of 2012 ========================================== Balkeshwar Sao, son of Late Sohrai Sao .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ========================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who has been made an accused in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case being father-in-law of the informant whose fard-e-beyan recorded in emergency ward of the hospital who sustained burn injuries allegedly at the instance of the petitioner and other in-laws including husband in a petty dispute but they also brought her for treatment and deceased died roughly a month thereafter during treatment at three different hospitals. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37414 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Daud Nagar, Aurangabad, in connection with Upahara P.S. Case No. 51 of 2011, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.