Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.25296 of 2012 ====================================================== Shivpujan Singh .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 24-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the daughter of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant within three years of marriage for non-fulfillment of dowry demand. It is submitted that victim died due to accidental death when there was no demand of dowry. In view of this Court, it is not a case for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Prayer for anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is rejected in connection with Kartaha P.S. Case No. 30 of 2011 pending in the court of the learned C.J.M., Vaishali at Hajipur. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25296 of 2012 (2) dt.24-07-2012 2 / 2 2 Let the order be faxed to the learned court below at the cost of the petitioner. U.K./- (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.