Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41662 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramanuj Sahi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 06-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 28.5.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and Sections ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is still ready to keep the informant with full honour and dignity but it is the informant who does not want to live with him. It appears from perusal of the first information report that there is allegation against this petitioner that he established illicit relationship with another girl and it appears to me that on account of the aforesaid reason the dispute has arisen between the parties. Considering the aforesaid facts and Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41662 of 2012 (2) dt.06-11-2012 2 circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let petitioner, Ramanuj Sahi, 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 the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, West Muzaffarpur in connection with Saraiya P.S. Case No. 242/2011, Gr. No. 1554/2011. S.Pandey/- (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.