Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15210 of 2012 (3) dt.28-06-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15210 of 2012 ====================================================== Jamun Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 28.06.2012 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 23.12.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. Marriage of the deceased had taken place with the petitioner in the year 2008 and admittedly, deceased was the second wife of the petitioner. It is also admitted position that after marriage a female child was born out of the aforesaid wedlock. The dead body of the deceased has not been recovered. Submission on behalf of the petitioner is that in course of investigation co-villagers of the petitioner stated that the deceased died of her ailment and she was never tortured by the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Jamun Thakur, 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, Banka in Dhoraiya P.S. Case no. 52/2011. 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.