Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.840 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.840 of 2012 ====================================================== Hari Mohan Bhandari .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH) 2 17-01-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the father of the husband 29.11.2011 is languishing in custody since in a case registered for the offence under [STATUTE] . The accusation is against the petitioner to have instigated the husband and other for making demand of dowry. The victim died on 16.05.2011 for which complaint was lodged on 24.04.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 29.05.2011. It appears that the informant subsequently retracted from his initial version and admitted that the victim died due to snake bite. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.840 of 2012 (2) dt.17-01-2012 petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Samastipur in connection with Khanpur P.S. Case No. 76 of 2011. U. K. (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.