Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.1494 of 2012 Shambhu Yadav son of Late Rameshwar Yadav, resident of village Dhighia,P.S.(Sonbarsa Kutchery) Saharsa, District Saharsa Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 02/ 11.01.2012 Heard Mr.Diwakar Prasad Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. The petitioner is one of three named accused of a case which has been registered for offences under Sections 365 and 120(B)34 of the Indian Penal Code. According to allegation, the informant’s son Bhushan Kumar aged 21 years was abducted by this petitioner and other named accused persons. Submission is that the petitioner’s daughter Priyanka Devi has been married with the son of the petitioner and because she was not being properly cared and was being neglected, so she has filed a case 2 under [STATUTE] and with a view to settle that score, the petitioner has been made accused in this case. It has been submitted that identically situated co-accused Manoj Kumar alias Manoj Yadav has been admitted to bail by a Bench of this Court Vide Cr.Miss. 28703 of 2011 on 02.09.2011. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharsa in Saharsa (Sonbarsa Kutchery) P.S.Case No. 219 of 2011. Tahir/- (Shyam Kishore Sharma, 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.