Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.20299 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Haroon .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 10-07-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband of the deceased is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after three years of the marriage for non-fulfillment of the dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the post-mortem reflects no injury when the viscera has been preserved. In view of this Court, the aforesaid contention of the petitioner can be considered by the learned court below if the petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.20299 of 2012 (2) dt.10-07-2012 2/2 weeks from today in connection with Sessions Trial No. 1188 of 2010 arising out of Jalalgarh P.S. Case No. 54 of 2010 pending in the court of learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. 3, Purnea. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioner. DKS/ (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.