Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30812 of 2012 (3) dt.04-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30812 of 2012 ====================================================== Rameshwar Ram .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 04.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being father-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 30.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . The deceased died within one year of her marriage on account of burn injury. It is alleged that she was burnt to death by the petitioner and other accused on account of non-fulfillment of dowry demand. The contention on behalf of the petitioner is that no specific overt-act has been attributed against the petitioner and moreover, husband of the deceased has already been remanded to judicial custody. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Rameshwar Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Gaurav Aanand, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Begusarai in Fulwaria P.S. Case no. 65/2006. 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.