Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35851 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 20-09-2012 Petitioner being husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of killing the daughter of the complainant after four years of marriage for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that victim died due to illness at Luckhnow. The medical prescriptions and death certificate issued by the hospital has been brought on record as Annexure- 2 and 3 which reflects that the death was natural. It is further submitted that complainant has admitted in the complaint petition that he came to know about the occurrence on 02.07.2010 but the complaint was filed on 07.07.2010. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35851 of 2012 (3) dt.20-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the same, let the petitioner namely Pramod Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Complaint Case No. 1895 of 2010. Shageer/- (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.