Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.15853 of 2012 ====================================================== Sumitra Devi & Anr .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 01-05-2012 Petitioners being mother and married sister of the husband of the deceased are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] . It is alleged that informant’s daughter performed love marriage with the son of petitioner No. 1 four years prior to the occurrence, when she was killed for non-fulfilment of dowry demand. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that earlier informant lodged a case being Ladani P.S. Case No. 129 of 2007 for kidnapping of her daughter when son of petitioner No. 1 performed love marriage with the daughter of the informant, hence there was no occasion for demand of dowry. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioners Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15853 of 2012 (2) dt.01-05-2012 2 / 2 2 namely 1. Sumitra Devi 2. Anu Devi, 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 bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani in connection with Ladania P.S. Case No. 69 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.