Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6645 of 2012 ====================================================== Chandan Kumar @ Chandan Raut .... .... Petitioner. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner being the husband is apprehending his arrest in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and ¾ of the D. P. Act. The accusation is of torture for non- fulfillment of dowry demand. The marriage was performed on 28.04.2007 and within one month it was found that the complainant was carrying foetus of thirty weeks when divorce case no. 66 of 2007 was filed on 08.05.2007 and application was also submitted in the Mahila Apradh Koshang on 06.07.2007 then the present complaint has been filed on 17.08.2007. Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6645 of 2012 (2) dt.06-03-2012 2 / 2 2 court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Complaint Case No. 761 of 2007 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Nawada, 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.