Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18718 of 2012 (3) dt.07-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18718 of 2012 ====================================================== Rama Kishore Gautam, Son of late Kirani Sinha, resident of House No. 59, Sector-9, Opposite Bikanerwala, Ghaziabad, P.S. – Vaishali, Uttar Pradesh. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.N. SINHA ORAL ORDER 03/ 07-06-2012 None appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State and the complainant are present. This Anticipatory Bail Petition was filed on 1.5.2012 and was on the Daily Board of the High Court on the eve of the summer vacation i.e. 18.5.2012. Counsel for the petitioner did not file slip stating that he does not wish to press the application during the summer vacation. Accordingly, bail petition was listed during the summer vacation and was called for admission yesterday when none appeared for the petitioner. Accordingly, matter was passed over for the day with observation that if none appears even tomorrow, appropriate final order shall be passed in the matter with the assistance of the State counsel. It appears petitioner is apprehending his arrested in connection with a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] and is the son-in-law of the complainant. It appears form the contents of the complaint petition Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18718 of 2012 (3) dt.07-06-2012 and the fact indicated in the order dated 7.4.2012 whereunder request of the petitioner for grant of bail in the event of arrest was refused that the daughter of the complainant has been tortured at the instance of the petitioner and his parents. In the circumstances, I am not inclined to admit the petitioner to the privilege of bail in the event of arrest. Accordingly, this application is rejected. Let this order be communicated through fax to the court of Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Katihar in connection with Complaint Case No. 4074 of 2010 on payment of usual charges by the complainant. DKS/- (V.N. Sinha, 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.