Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39980 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Mujahid S/O Late Abdul Karim R/O Village - Chakdah, Police Station - Dagarua, District - Purnia .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 29-11-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, informant and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The basic accusation is of torture. The informant claims the petitioner to be her husband when the petitioner denies the same. It is submitted by learned counsel for the informant that in the maintenance proceeding, the petitioner has been directed to make payment of Rs. 1500/- per month from 06.10.2012 in Maintenance Case No. 50/2011. Without expressing any opinion on the claim and counter claim of the parties, since the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39980 of 2012 (3) dt.29-11-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner undertakes to deposit the up-to-date maintenance amount as directed by the learned maintenance court within a period of one month, 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 Sadar (Dagarua)P.S. Case No. 250 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Purnea, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The bail bonds of the petitioner shall be accepted on making up-to-date payment of maintenance amount. U.K./- (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.