Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24975 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.24975 of 2012 ====================================================== Ashok Kuamr Mehta, S/o Ram Chandra Mehta, resident of Village- Haripur Tinkonma, P.S.Murliganj, District- Madhepura. .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2 13-07-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner has been arrested in connection with Murliganj P.S. Case No. 89 of 2011 registered under [STATUTE] and Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that victim wife who is complainant still resides in her Sasural. The petitioner is in jail custody since 12. 06. 2011. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the above named petitioner is directed 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura, in connection with Murliganj P.S. Case No. 89 of 2011 corresponding to G.R. No. 817 of 2011, Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.24975 of 2012 (2) dt.13-07-2012 subject to condition that petitioner shall keep the complainant with due dignity and neither assault her nor subject her to cruelty and any breach of condition shall be ground for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. m.p. (Gopal Prasad, J)

Applicable IPC Section: 324

Statute Text:
Section 324 of the Indian Penal Code. Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means. Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as a weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious to the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.