Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27023 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 27023 of 2012 ====================================================== Ramanand Yadav .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 23-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity. Learned counsel for the complainant submits that she is ready to live with the petitioner if the petitioner keeps the victim with due dignity. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Barh, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 649(C) of 2009, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall keep the victim with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27023 of 2012 (2) dt.23-07-2012 due dignity as a wife and will neither subject her to cruelty nor assault. Any violation of the condition shall be a ground for cancellation of bail of the petitioner and in any case if the victim reports the matter to the court below, the court below itself proceed for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.