Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43530 of 2011 Bishun Kumar, son of late Lakhan Prasad, resident of Village- Kodiya, P.S. Fatehpur, District- Gaya. ….Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar: ……. .. Opposite Party. ---------------------------------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Gauri Shankar Pd. Sah, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr. Satyendra Prasad, A.P.P. ---------------------------------- 02- 12.1.2012 Heard the parties. The petitioner is in custody in connection with Complaint Case No.1207 of 2010 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to a petition filed under section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, placed at Annexure-4 of this application, submits that the present complaint case is an afterthought and has been filed on 24.9.2010 one month after the divorce case was filed by the present petitioner. Regard being had to the circumstances and considering the submission of learned counsel for the parties let the petitioner, namely, Bishun Kumar 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Complaint Case No.1207 of 2010. (Jyoti Saran, J.) S.K.Pathak/

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.