Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6551 of 2012 (2) dt.22-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6551 of 2012 ====================================================== Jaichand Burman .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 22.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody in a case for the offence under [STATUTE] . The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that as per complaint case itself, alleged occurrence took place in the year 2001 whereas complaint case was filed in the year 2006 i.e. after five years of the alleged occurrence. It appears from perusal of the contents of the complaint petition that complainant had filed a criminal case against the petitioner in the year 2003 and the said case was dismissed for default and after that she has filed the present case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Jaichand Burman, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in Complaint Case no. 1943C/2006. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.