Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8562 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sk. Salimuddin @ Salimuddin & Ors. 2. Md. Ehsan Alam @ Md. Ehsan. 3. Mehrun Nisa. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 23-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusation is that in the year 2005 the petitioner no.1 established forceful physical relationship when the complainant got pregnant and thereafter the pregnancy was terminated and then the petitioner performed marriage with the complainant. It appears from the complaint that the complainant accepted that there is no proof with regard to the marriage and actually the family members have only been examined during enquiry. Considering the nature of accusation, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8562 of 2012 (2) dt.23-03-2012 2/ 2 arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with Complaint Case No. 1227 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. 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.