Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36158 of 2012 (2) dt.24-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36158 of 2012 ====================================================== Pappu Sharma .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the complainant is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of torturing the complainant by the petitioner on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the complainant has filed Divorce Case No.109 of 2012. Considering the same, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No.528 of 2010 on furnishing bail bond of rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36158 of 2012 (2) dt.24-09-2012 to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Bikramganj, Rohtas subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. AnilKrSinha/- (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.