Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.4047 of 2010 ====================================================== Neetu Kumari, wife of Dhiraj Kumar, daughter of Bhagwan Prasad Sharma @ Bhagwan Pd. Singh, resident of Mohalla- Lichi Bagan, Sarvodaya Nagar, Ward No.32, under Begusarai Municipality, P.S. and District- Begusarai, presently residing in her Naihar at village- Lohanda, P.O. & P.S.- Sikandra, District- Jamui. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus Dhiraj Kumar, son of Chandra Bhushan Singh, resident of Mohalla- Lichi Bagan, Sarvodaya Nagar, Ward No.32, under Begusarai Municipality, P.S. and District- Begusarai .... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anjani Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Parties : None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 4/ 27-02-2012 The petitioner happens to be wife of opposite party and seeks transfer of Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No.86 of 2007 pending before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai, to the Principal Judge, Family Court, Jamui. Notices were issued to the opposite party, who has appeared through duly executed vakalatnama. However, none appears on behalf of opposite party on repeated calls. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that she was married with the opposite party in the year 2006, but on account of cruelty meted out for ends of dowry she was forced out of matrimonial home and since then she is living in Jamui. At Jamui, she filed a case under [STATUTE] numbered as Sikandra P.S. Case No.130 of 2008. Since she was not being Patna High Court MJC No.4047 of 2010 (4) dt.27-02-2012 2 / 2 2 maintained by the opposite party, she also filed a Maintenance Case No. 92-M of 2009. The petitioner submits that on account of the pendency of aforesaid two cases it would be convenient for both the parties that all the three matters be heard at Jamui. It is also difficult for her to travel on each date to Begusarai to pursue the present matter. In view of such, let the Matrimonial (Divorce) Case No.86 of 2007 pending in the court of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai, be transferred to the court of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Jamui, immediately with all its connected records. It is expected that the proceeding will be concluded within a period of next nine months. JA/- (Anjana Prakash, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 498

Statute Text:
Section 498 of the Indian Penal Code. Enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman. Whoever takes or entices away any woman who is and whom he knows or has reason to believe to be the wife of any other man, from that man, or from any person having the care of her on behalf of that man, with intent that she may have illicit intercourse with any person, or conceals or detains with that intent any such woman, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.