Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37701 of 2012 (2) dt.11-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37701 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Mohsin @ Md. Mosin .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 11.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 9.7.2012 in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is said to be husband of the complainant but learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner never married with the complainant and, as a matter of fact, the complainant is a lady of questionable character. The impugned order of learned Addl. Sessions Judge reveals that an attempt of reconciliation was taken but the petitioner flatly refused to take the complainant to his house and the petitioner solemnized his second marriage with another lady. Moreover, the petitioner is in jail custody since long. Therefore, considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Md. Mohsin @ Md Mosin @ Md Mosim, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in Complaint Case no. 1652/2010. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.