Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35436 of 2012 ====================================================== Rajesh Kumar Srivastava @ Rajesh Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 19-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husbands of the complainant is apprehending arrest in Complaint Case No. 1169C of 1999 in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] pending in the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna. The accusation is of torture. The earlier anticipatory bail application of the petitioner was rejected on 28.09.2000 vide Cr. Misc. No. 33077 of 1999. The prayer for anticipatory bail has been renewed on the ground that the complainant has performed second marriage. This Court is not inclined to revise the earlier order. Let the learned court below consider the regular bail of the petitioner if the petitioner surrenders within a period of six weeks keeping in view that the complainant has performed second marriage. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35436 of 2012 (3) dt.19-09-2012 2/2 With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. 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.