Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30776 of 2012 (2) dt.22-08-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.30776 of 2012 ====================================================== Ranjeet Paswan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 22.08.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the complainant is languishing in jail custody since 30.11.2011 in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that complainant has already solemnized her second marriage with one Naresh Paswan which has specially been pleaded at para 10 of the petition. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Ranjeet Paswan, 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 Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rosera District Samastipur in C.R. no. 871/2006. 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.