Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.35127 of 2012 ====================================================== Mani Bhushan Mishra, Son of Late Nand Lal Mishra. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 3 23-11-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, who is armed with carbon/xerox copy of the case diary. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under 498(A), 323, 379/34 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act is one of the named accused in this case being husband of deceased sister of the informant, who died around ten years of her marriage after suffering for some sort of demand and torture etc. and, ultimately, she had to file a case under [STATUTE] against torture etc. and had to come to her parents place where roughly after twenty to twenty five days she died and postmortem report indicates cause of death due to cardiac failure secondary to disease of heart and lungs. Submission is of false implication on mere suspicion and it is the petitioner himself, who had got the deceased treated for her illness since before, but is in custody for about seven months. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in connection with Tariyani P.S. Case No. 46 of 2012 (G.R. No. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35127 of 2012 (3) dt.23-11-2012 2 163/2012), subject to condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case and in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Praveen-II/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.