Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39493 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Mehta .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 17-10-2012 Petitioner being agnate of the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the victim started vomiting when she was given some medicine by one Naresh when it is alleged against the petitioner that being the agnate he associated the husband of the victim in torture of the victim. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the victim, let the petitioner namely Ashok Mehta, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39493 of 2012 (2) dt.17-10-2012 2 / 2 2 connection with Saur Bazar P.S. Case No. 249 of 2012. Shageer/- (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.