Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.12120 of 2012 ====================================================== Jhulan Ram .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-04-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the sister of the informant after one year of marriage for non- fulfillment of dowry demand. Petitioner was only mediator in marriage. Considering the fact that wife of petitioner with similar accusation has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 8011 of 2012 this Court sees no reason for the learned court below not to give the same privilege to the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within six weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order in connection with Fulwaria P.S. Case No. 65 of 2006 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M.Begusarai. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.12120 of 2012 (2) dt.09-04-2012 2 / 2 2 With this observation, the application is disposed off. Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. 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.