Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.427 of 2012 Rajendra Ram Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02. 06.01.2012 Petitioner being husband is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences under [STATUTE] . and Section ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is that due to the assault made by the petitioner and others the pregnancy of the informant got terminated. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that matrimonial case was filed by the petitioner in 2007 at Asansol where the informant appeared and contested. Moreover in the said matrimonial suit the informant has filed an application for maintenance also in 2009, hence in that background the accusation levelled for the occurrence of 2010 appears to be absurd. Considering the fact that matrimonial case was filed by the petitioner three years prior to lodging of the present case, let the petitioner namely Rajendra Ram, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheikhpura in connection with Barbigha P.S. Case No. 199 of 2010. Shageer ( Dinesh Kumar Singh, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 313

Statute Text:
Section 313 of the Indian Penal Code. Causing miscarriage without woman's consent. Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section without the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.