Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10105 of 2012 ====================================================== Uttam Lal Mehta @ Babloo Mehta @ Uttam Kumar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 30-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. It is alleged against the petitioner that on promise to marry, he established forceful physical relationship firstly in August, 2010 when the marriage negotiation was finalized on 22.4.2011 but thereafter due to non fulfillment of dowry demands, the marriage could not be solemnized. It is submitted that for the accusation of August, 2010, the complaint was filed on 17.5.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 9.6.2011 when there is no medical report and subsequently the informant retracted from the initial version, which clouds the bonafide of accusation. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.10105 of 2012 (2) dt.30-03-2012 2 / 2 2 petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in connection with K. Hat (Maranga) P.S. Case No. 222 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.