Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18207 of 2012 (2) dt.10-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18207 of 2012 ====================================================== Brij Bhushan Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 10.05.2012 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 15.3.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. It is pointed out by learned counsel for the petitioner that according to the prosecution case itself, the informant left her matrimonial home on 10.5.2009 but the present case was lodged on 12.3.2012. It is further pointed out by him that the petitioner has already filed matrimonial suit against the informant. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Brij Bhushan 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in Sonepur P.S. Case no. 98/2012. 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.