Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7060 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.7060 of 2012 ====================================================== Mamta Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under [STATUTE] . It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the dispute has been resolved and the complainant has retracted from the initial version. In view of this Court, if the complainant has retracted from the initial version, then it is a good case for grant of regular bail, if the petitioner surrenders in the court below within a period of six weeks in connection with C.R.Case No.197 of 2006 pending in the Court of S.D.J.M., Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let this order be communicated to the court Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.7060 of 2012 (2) dt.12-03-2012 concerned through fax at the cost of the petitioner. B.Kr./- (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.