Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44851 of 2011 (3) dt.19-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44851 of 2011 ====================================================== Mohd. Islam Khan, S/O-Ali Imaan Khan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA) 3 19-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the complainant is languishing in jail custody since 19.07.2011 in Complaint Case No. 424 of 2005 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the complaint petition itself, that the marriage of the complainant had taken place in the year 1990 whereas the case was filed in the year 2005. Moreover, the impugned order of learned Sessions Judge reveals that petitioner had expressed his willingness to keep the complainant with full honour and dignity but the complainant did not turn up before the learned Sessions Judge even after issuance of notice. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44851 of 2011 (3) dt.19-01-2012 Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner 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 Smt. Anandita Singh, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 424 of 2005. SHAHZAD ANWER/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, 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.