Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16152 of 2012 (2) dt.01-05-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.16152 of 2012 ====================================================== Pawan Bhagat @ Pawan Kumar Bhagat, son of Dilip Bhagat .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AKHILESH CHANDRA ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. This application has been filed for the grant of regular bail to the petitioner who is in custody for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The petitioner is one of the named accused in this case being husband of the informant with allegation of torture and assault. Submission is of false implication with ulterior motive and present case has been instituted with active concealment about earlier on going case instituted on the basis of complaint case no. 601/2008 bearing Forbesganj (Simraha) P.S. Case No. 190/2008, just a year after inter-caste marriage. The injury said to be sustained is simple in nature. Having regard to the facts and circumstances Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16152 of 2012 (2) dt.01-05-2012 of the case, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria, in connection with Forbesganj P.S. Case No. 171/2011, with a condition to remain physically present before the court below on each and every date till disposal of the case, in case of failure on two consecutive dates without giving any reasonable explanation, the liberty granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- (Akhilesh Chandra, 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.