Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3541 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar Yadav @ Ranjeet Kumar Ranjan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-03-2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the victim after five years of the marriage, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The application for anticipatory bail stands rejected in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 201 of 2011, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad. 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.