Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19054 of 2012 (2) dt.18-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19054 of 2012 ====================================================== Kamlesh Saw .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 18.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 15.2.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the informant four years ago but it is the informant who does not want to lead her conjugal life with the petitioner. Considering the period of detention of petitioner in jail custody as well as facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, Kamlesh Saw, 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 Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa in Hilsa P.S. Case no. 393/2011. 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.