Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25487 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No. 25487 of 2012 ====================================================== Md. Tahzeeb .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 17-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This is a petition for grant of regular bail in a case under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to keep the victim with due dignity and he has filed a petition against the informant under the restitution of conjugal right and even prior to the occurrence the complainant has already filed a case under [STATUTE] in the year 2008 and she has again filed a case. Hence, having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner above named is ordered to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.25487 of 2012 (2) dt.17-07-2012 connection with Baisi P. S. Case No. 40 of 2012. The complainant may file a petition for maintenance before the court below or before the case filed for restitution of the conjugal rights. However, if the petition is already filed by the complainant for maintenance under the Domestic Violence Act then the trial court shall dispose of the petition within fifteen days. Kundan/- (Gopal Prasad, 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.