Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.32019 of 2012 ====================================================== Nand Kishore Yadav @ Nand Kishore & Ors .... .... Petitioners. Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-09-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the brothers and parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . The accusation is of torture. Considering the general and omnibus accusation when the husband of the complainant has not been made accused, let the petitioners Nand Kishore Yadav @ Nand Kishore, Subodh Yadav @ Subodh Kumar, Pintoo Yadav @ Pintoo Kumar, Dhanwanti Devi @ Dhanwati Devi and Ram Baran Yadav @ Ram Baran Singh be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today in connection with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32019 of 2012 (2) dt.04-09-2012 2 / 2 2 Complaint Case No. 424 of 2011 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M., Daudnagar, Aurangabad, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. U.K./- (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.