Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14431 of 2012 ====================================================== 1.Bhuneshwar Sharma 2.Panpatyi Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 18-04-2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents of the husband of the complainant are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under [STATUTE] . Accusation is of torture. Considering the accusation against the husband, let the above named petitioners be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M, Saran at Chapra in connection with Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14431 of 2012 (2) dt.18-04-2012 2 / 2 2 complaint Case No. C 525 of 2011, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) Cr.P.C. M.Rahman/- (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.