Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.36317 of 2011 (4) dt.06-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.36317 of 2011 ====================================================== Prabhu Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 04/ 06.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 12.8.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although the deceased died within seven years of her marriage in other than normal circumstance and in post mortem examination, some injuries were found on the person of the deceased but considering this aspect of the matter that petitioner is father-in- law of the deceased and aged person, let the petitioner, Prabhu Singh, 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, Nawada in Sirdalla (Meskaur) P.S. Case no. 95/2010. 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.