Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3578 of 2012 ====================================================== Baidh Nath Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 03-02-2012 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of torture for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. The marriage admitted to have been performed on 11.08.2011, when the complaint was filed on 21.09.2011 which lends credence to the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner that complainant being a fictitious lady is trying to grab the property of the petitioner as petitioner is 53 years old and has never married with the complainant. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Baidh Nath Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3578 of 2012 (2) dt.03-02-2012 2 / 2 2 the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, , Bikramganj, Rohtas, Sasaram in connection with Complaint Case No. 570 of 2011. 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.