Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.3991 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Deena Nath Sahani 2. Munilal Sahni 3. Ram Pravesh Sahni 4. Vidhawati Devi. 5. Somari Devi. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 07-02-2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioners being the elder brother and wife and children of the elder brother of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken under [STATUTE] . The accusations are of torture and committing theft. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the husband has not been made accused. Learned counsel for the petitioners undertakes that the petitioners will not obstruct the complainant from enjoying her share of property. Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3991 of 2012 (2) dt.07-02-2012 2 / 2 2 Considering the aforesaid facts, 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 the bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Complaint Case No. 985C of 2008 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. Amrendra/- (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.