Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.6206 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Narayan Prasad S/O Late Bangali Prasad Resident Of Village- Dhanauti, P.S.- Daraunda, District- Siwan 2. Ravindra Prasad S/O Narayan Prasad Resident Of Village- Dhanauti, P.S.- Daraunda, District- Siwan .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 02-03-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the agnates of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . Considering the fact that the petitioners are not the family members of the husband and other similarly situated accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 44347 of 2011, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6206 of 2012 (2) dt.02-03-2012 2/2 thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Daraunda P.S. Case No. 125 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. 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.