Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33749 of 2012 (2) dt.18-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.33749 of 2012 ====================================================== Amod Kumar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 18.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the informant is in jail custody since 25.4.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, as a matter of fact, informant herself does not want to live with the petitioner at her matrimonial home rather she used to put pressure upon the petitioner to part his ways from his other family members. It is further contended by him that the petitioner had already filed informatory petition in the year 2008 and after that he filed a suit for restitution of conjugal rights and apart from that father of the petitioner filed several informatory petitions to the police as well as other officials in respect of conduct and behaviour of the complainant. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Amod Kumar, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur in Muzaffarpur Town P.S. Case no. 208/2012. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)

Applicable IPC Section: 323

Statute Text:
Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.