Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8426 of 2011 (9) dt.27-01-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8426 of 2011 ====================================================== Jai Prakash @ Kukku, son of Late Sheetal Prasad .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA) 9 27-01-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner, apprehends his arrest in connection with Danapur P.S. Case No. 274/2008 for offences under [STATUTE] and under Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, is one of the named accused in this case claimed by informant to be her husband. Submission is of total denial and petitioner is already married as early as in the year 1992 and having no concerned with the informant who in spite of repeated issuance of notices failed to turn up. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today, let the above-named petitioner be enlarged on bail furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur, in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8426 of 2011 (9) dt.27-01-2012 connection with Danapur P.S. Case No. 274/2008, subject to condition under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, further additional condition to attend the court regularly till disposal of the case, in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (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.