Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.38444 of 2012 (2) dt.16-10-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.38444 of 2012 ====================================================== Jai Prakash Sah @Jai Prakash& Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 16.10.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioners being parents-in-law of the complainant in jail custody since 24.7.2012 in complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] and 3/ 4 of the D.P. Act. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, particularly, keeping in mind that some co- accused persons have already been discharged from the proceeding, let the petitioners, Jai Prakash Sah @ Jai Prakash and Rita Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub divisional Judicial Magistrate, East, Muzaffarpur in Complaint Case no. 1591/2002. Shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,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.