Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32857 of 2012 ====================================================== Ram Pukar Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2012 Petitioner being father of the husband of the victim is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and ¾ of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after two years of marriage, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that accusation is not specific against the petitioner when husband of the victim has already surrendered and informant has retracted from initial version and has filed a petition to that effect before learned Court below. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner namely Ram Pukar Singh, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32857 of 2012 (2) dt.10-09-2012 2 / 2 2 from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., Barh in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 70 of 2008. Shageer/- (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.