Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37619 of 2011 (3) dt.27-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37619 of 2011 ====================================================== Nawalesh Prasad Chaurasiya .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ----------- 03/ 27.01.2012 Power is filed on behalf of the informant. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner is in jail custody since 1.6.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as a matter of fact, wife of the petitioner left her matrimonial home by her own sweet will and the petitioner had already given an informatory petition to SDM, Raxaual, East Champaran prior to lodging the present case but taking the advantage of missing of wife of petitioner from her matrimonial home, informant lodged the present case with exaggerated story and moreover, investigation of the case against the petitioner has already been completed. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Nawalesh Prasad Chaurasiya, 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, Raxaul at Motihari East Champaran in Raxaul P.S. Case no. 17/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J) Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37619 of 2011 (3) dt.27-01-2012

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.