Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5397 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Md. Tanweer @ Md. Tanweer Alam S/O Md. Hasib Resident Of Village- Belgachhi Karbala Tola, P.S.- Dagarwa, District- Purnea .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 24-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the informant. The petitioner is languishing in custody since 28.11.2011 in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation was that the petitioner established forceful physical relation on 16.12.2010 for which complaint was filed on 06.01.2011 which came to be registered as police case on 19.02.2011. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that subsequently this petitioner married with the informant. Thereafter she filed a case under [STATUTE] against the family of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the informant submits that still the informant is residing with her parents and the petitioner is Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.5397 of 2012 (2) dt.24-02-2012 2/2 not taking the informant to her matrimonial house. That grievance of the informant can be redressed in the pending proceeding under [STATUTE] . Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, 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 learned Additional Sessions Judge F.T.C-I, Purnea in connection with Sessions Trial No. 1310 of 2011 arising out of Sadar (Dagarua) P.S. Case No. 45 of 2011. DKS/ (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.