Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.18740 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Rani Devi 2. Ramdeo Mandal .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 03/ 28-06-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that the informant’s sister was married with Anil Mandal in 1993. Subsequently a case under [STATUTE] was filed, which was ultimately compromised when the informant’s sister went to her in-laws then it is alleged that all the family members including the petitioners caught hold of the victim when the husband pierced knife in the private part of the victim. It is submitted by learned counsel for the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.18740 of 2012 (3) dt.28-06-2012 2/2 petitioners that the petitioners are separate from the husband of the victim and husband has already surrendered. Considering the nature of accusation, this Court does not persuade to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners, but considering the fact that other accused Arbind Mandal has been granted regular bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 12605 of 2012, I see no reason for learned court below not to give same privilege to the petitioners if the petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today in connection with Pranpur P.S. Case No. 26 of 2012 pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar. With the aforesaid observation, this application is disposed of. Let the order be transmitted to the learned court below through fax at the cost of the petitioners. DKS/ (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.