Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37326 of 2012 (2) dt.01-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.37326 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Bachcha Singh S/O Late Shyamdeo Singh R/O Village - Mansanth, P.S. Daudpur, District - Saran At Chapra, Presently Residing At Padri Bazar, P.S. Shahpur, District - Gorakhpur ( Utter Pradesh ) 2. Leela Devi @ Leelawati W/O Bachcha Singh R/O Village - Mansanth, P.S. Daudpur, District - Saran At Chapra, Presently Residing At Padri Bazar, P.S. Shahpur, District - Gorakhpur ( Utter Pradesh ) 3. Babli Kumar D/O Amar Singh R/O Village - Mansanth, P.S. Daudpur, District - Saran At Chapra, Presently Residing At Padri Bazar, P.S. Shahpur, District - Gorakhpur ( Utter Pradesh ) .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-10-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being parents of the husband of the victim and step daughter of the victim are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. The accusation is of killing the daughter of the informant after ten years of marriage for non fulfillment of dowry demands. It is submitted that as per own admission of the informant, no case under [STATUTE] is made out. Initially complaint was lodged on 4.10.2010 when it was dismissed the Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.37326 of 2012 (2) dt.01-10-2012 present case has been lodged on 18.6.2011 when the victim admitted that she died due to injury caused by bursting of stove. Considering the aforesaid facts, 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 twelve weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Saran at Chapra in connection with Daudpur P.S. Case No. 159 of 2011 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. Anil/- (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.