Case Facts:
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.4858 of 2012 ====================================================== 1. Mamta Devi @ Pinki Devi W/O Ranjeet Singh Resident Of Village- Ganoul, P.S.- Alamnagar, District- Madhepura 2. Ashok Singh S/O Late Tilo Singh Resident Of Village- Ganoul, P.S.- Alamnagar, District- Madhepura .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 02/ 15.02.2012 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State. The petitioners being the second wife and the father of the husband are apprehending their arrest in a complaint case in which cognizance has been taken for the offences punishable under [STATUTE] and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act. Considering the fact that thrust of accusation is against the husband, 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 bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.4858 of 2012 (2) dt.15-02-2012 2/2 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhepura in connection with Complaint Case No. 692 of 2010, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. DKS/ (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.