Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.44159 of 2011 ====================================================== Indresh Devi, wife of Hardeo Singh .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA PRAKASH ORAL ORDER 2 09-02-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in a case instituted for the offence under [STATUTE] and Sections ¾ of Dowry Prohibition Act. Considering that the petitioner is the mother-in-law of the Informant and the final report was submitted in this regard, let the petitioner in the event of surrender, named above, within four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 512 of 2010, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 5,000/- (Five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad, subject to the following conditions: (i) That one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner who will give an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. The bailor Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.44159 of 2011 (2) dt.09-02-2012 2 / 2 2 will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner. (ii) That the petitioner will be well represented on each date and if she fails to do so on two consecutive dates, her bail will be liable to be cancelled. S.Ali (Anjana Prakash, 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.