Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22019 of 2012 (2) dt.19-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22019 of 2012 Chandan Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 19.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State assisted by learned counsel for the informant. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 10.3.2012 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 informant was in love with Ashok Yadav and she eloped with the aforesaid Ashok Yadav for which father of the informant lodged Barh P.S. Case no. 143/2011 on 1.8.2011 and after that statement of the informant was recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C in which she stated that the aforesaid Ashok Yadav forcibly took her to Delhi. Admittedly, present case has been registered after institution of the aforesaid Barh P.S. Case no. 143/2011 and at the time of registration of the present case, informant was pregnant. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Chandan Kumar, 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh District Patna in Barh P.S. Case no. 45/2012. 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.