Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21982 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Deban Sah S/O Sukhdeb Sah R/O Village - Sashan, Police Station - Hasanpur, District - Samastipur .... .... Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== PRESENT: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.N. HUSSAIN ORDER 2. 07-06-2012. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is an accused in Khanpur P.S.Case No. 131 of 2007 for offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the entire allegation is absolutely false and frivolous and the deceased had a wayward life for which the petitioner who was her husband and his father used to object and being annoyed, she took poison herself and nobody killed her. He also submits that even the children of the deceased stated that their mother herself took poison while their father was not at home. Learned counsel further submits that in the said circumstances, chargesheet has been submitted by the police under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21982 of 2012 (2) dt.07-06-2012 2 Code and the petitioner is in custody since February 2012. In the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur in connection with Khanpur P.S.Case No.131 of 2007. ahk/- (S.N. Hussain, 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.