Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35794 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35794 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Pankaj Kumar S/O Ramugrah Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 04-10-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 02.07.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. The specific stand of the petitioner is that petitioner has never solemnized his second marriage and so far as demand of dowry is concerned, there is nothing on the entire case diary to show this fact that any demand was ever made by the petitioner or his other family members. It is further contended by him that the victim had appeared before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad and when she was asked to lead her conjugal life with the petitioner, she flatly refused and the aforesaid fact has been averred at para 8 of this petition. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35794 of 2012 (2) dt.04-10-2012 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Arwal Mahila P.S. Case No. 09 of 2012. SHAHZAD/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 494

Statute Text:
Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code. Marrying again during the life-time of a husband or wife. Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.