Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15271 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15271 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Shamsher Ansari @ Pappu .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 03-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 20.01.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the informant ten to twelve years ago and the first information report reflects that the petitioner and other accused were demanding cash to start a business. It is further contended by him that the impugned order reveals that informant sustained injury on her head by hard and blunt substance and therefore, the allegation of giving dagger blow to the informant appears to be incorrect. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15271 of 2012 (2) dt.03-05-2012 well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Forbesganj P.S. Case No. 41 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498

Statute Text:
Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman. Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.