Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21989 of 2012 (03) dt.03-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21989 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Sonu Sharma S/O Late Ram Narain Sharma R/O Village - Karari, P.S. Dhobhan ( O.P. ), Distt. - Bhojpur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03 03-08-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail since 6.2.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Petitioner is the husband of the informant. At the very out set, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the marriage of the petitioner with informant was solemnized on 16.5.2011 and after marriage petitioner took the informant to Delhi. It was detected that she was carrying pregnancy of four months and when the aforesaid fact came into the notice of the petitioner, the informant fled away from Delhi and after six months she filed the Complaint Case which was converted into Police Case . Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21989 of 2012 (03) dt.03-08-2012 informant opposed the prayer submitting that petitioner attempted to set the informant on fire as a result of which she sustained fire arm injury. To fortify the aforesaid contention, he produced a photograph of a girl. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- ( Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur Ara, in connection with Koilwar P.S.Case No. 11/2012 Namita/- (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.