Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19040 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Maulana Kamruddin @ Md. Kamruddin S/O Late Rahmat Mian Residents of Village- Mimain, P.S.- Khaira, District- Jamui. .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 2 12-06-2012 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 23 of 2012 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although the petitioner nowhere is either related with the informant or the accused but his name has been involved in the present proceedings merely because he acted as a Panch in the conciliation process. It is submitted that merely on the said ground petitioner has been charged by the informant of having obtained her signature on a blanksheet in the Panchayati that was held for resolution of the dispute. It is submitted that since the resolution failed between the informant and her husband, the petitioner acting as a Panch has been roped in the present proceedings. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.19040 of 2012 (2) dt.12-06-2012 2 / 2 2 Regard being had to the submission of learned counsel and having perused the materials on record, let the petitioner namely, Maulana Kamruddin @ Md. Kamruddin in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks of receipt/production of a copy of this order be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 23 of 2012 subject to the condition stipulated under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Bibhash/- (Jyoti Saran, 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.