Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.8010 of 2012 ====================================================== Pramod Prasad & Anr. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 20-03-2012 Petitioners being sister and brother-in-law of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Accusation is of torture, for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, let the petitioners namely 1. Pramod Prasad 2. Mamta Rani @ Sunita, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.8010 of 2012 (2) dt.20-03-2012 2 / 2 2 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub- Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Complaint Case No. 392C of 2011. Shageer/- (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.