Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1626 of 2012 ====================================================== Rahul Kumar @ Rahul Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 05-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the younger brother of the husband is apprehending arrest in connection with Silao P.S. Case No. 96 of 2011 registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Bihar Sharif. The accusation is of killing the sister of the informant for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand after three years of the marriage. It appears that the mother of the husband has been granted regular bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 40155 of 2011. I see no reason for the learned court below not to give Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.1626 of 2012 (3) dt.05-03-2012 2 / 2 2 the same privilege to the petitioner, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. Amrendra/- (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.