Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25847 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25847 of 2012 ====================================================== Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Singh @ Munna Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 23.07.2012 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 22.12.2010 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act on the allegation that he used to torture the informant and on one occasion, he tried to set her on fire. Considering the allegation as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner, Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Singh @ Munna Singh, 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 Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case no. 340/2010. 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.