Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37713 of 2012 (2) dt.11-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37713 of 2012 ====================================================== Vivek Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 11.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 27.6.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4of the D.P. Act. Investigation of this case has already been completed and there is no specific overt-act against the petitioner. Accordingly, petitioner, Vivek Prasad, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in Makhdumpur P.S. Case no. 52/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.