Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.39683 of 2012 ====================================================== Prasadi Mahto, S/O Late Bhola Mahto, Resident Of Village- Konipar, P.S. Surajgarha, District Lakhisarai. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the father of the husband of the informant is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D. P. Act. The accusation is of torture. Considering the thrust of accusation against the husband of the informant, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Surajgarha (Manikpur)P.S. Case No. 87 of 2012 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39683 of 2012 (2) dt.18-10-2012 2 / 2 2 Lakhisarai, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.