Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.43361 of 2011 Rakesh Kumar Pathak @ Jhunu Pathak @ Rakesh Pathak, S/O-Ramakant Pathak Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02 03.01.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this Court vide order dated 30.06.2011 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4409 of 2011 but admittedly, petitioner has already remained in judicial custody for near about one year in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. 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 Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Itarhi P.S. Case No. 66 of 2010. SHAHZAD ( 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.