Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40641 of 2012 (2) dt.10-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.40641 of 2012 ====================================================== Munchan Sah @ Raushan Ji @ Munchun Sah .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 10-10-2012 Heard. This is an application seeking modification in order dated 28.8.2012 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 23913/2012 in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No. 32/2012 pending in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur. It is asserted that though after arrest in the instant case petitioner has been roped in Tariyani P.S. Case No. 15/2012 on the basis of extra judicial confession of one co-accused Vijay Paswan and Mahesh Patel but inadvertently it could not be placed and in the case under [STATUTE] . which finds mentioned in the order, cognizance was not taken against the petitioner. In view of the above, order dated 28.8.2012 be treated modified of the words ‘wherein he is on bail’ be deleted and in place of the words it be treated inserted as ‘he carries no other case against him than Tariyani P.S. Case No. 15/2012’ and acted upon accordingly. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the court below through Fax at the cost of the petitioner. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.