Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4536 of 2012 ====================================================== Kundan Thakur .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar & Anr. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is languishing in custody since 23.11.2011 in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The petitioner is ready to keep the complainant as wife with full dignity and honour, hence the accusation is not being deliberated. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub- Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4536 of 2012 (2) dt.16-02-2012 2 / 2 2 divisional Judicial Magistrate, West Muzaffarpur in connection with Complaint Case No. 1128 of 2009. Amrendra/- (Dinesh Kumar Singh, 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.