Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41532 of 2011 (3) dt.06-02-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.41532 of 2011 ====================================================== Deepak Singh @ Mangal Singh .... .... Petitioner Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 03/ 06.02.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being husband of the deceased is in jail custody since 18.9.2011 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . Although deceased died within seven years of her marriage in other than normal circumstance but in post mortem report cause of death of the deceased could not be ascertained and the opinion regarding cause of death was kept reserved till report of the Forensic Science Laboratory. Accordingly, petitioner, Deepak Singh @ Mangal Singh, is directed to 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, Banka in Shambhuganj P.S. Case no. 158/2010. 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.