Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5318 of 2012 (5) dt.03-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5318 of 2012 ====================================================== Baidyanath Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05/ 03.05.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 24.11.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D. P. Act. No doubt, deceased died within two years of her marriage but admittedly, the present case was lodged after one and half months of the alleged occurrence and in course of investigation informant himself admitted at para 64 of the case diary that his sister was suffering from ailment. Furthermore, several witnesses stated that prior to her death, deceased was admitted in hospital for treatment of jaundice and she died of her ailment. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Baidyanath Paswan, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Garhpura P.S. Case no. 34/2010. 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.