Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28913 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.28913 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Umar Faruque .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 13-12-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged against the petitioner that he killed his wife within four years of the marriage when it is alleged that there was demand of dowry and the victim was taken by this petitioner from her parents’ house in June, 2011 when she was killed on 14.08.2011. This Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in connection with Barauni P.S. Case No. 297 of 2011 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28913 of 2012 (3) dt.13-12-2012 Begusarai. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. DKS/ (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.