Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.22576 of 2012 (2) dt.26-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22576 of 2012 ====================================================== Harihar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 26.06.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is languishing in jail custody since 11.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It would appear from perusal of the first information report that marriage of the petitioner had taken place with the informant in the year 1970 and later on, allegedly, petitioner solemnized his second marriage which caused annoyance to the informant resulting filing of this case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Harihar Singh, 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, Bhojpur, Ara in Agiaon Bazar P.S. Case no. 22/2012. 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.