Case Facts:
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34074 of 2012 (2) dt.19-09-2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.34074 of 2012 ====================================================== Dewanti Devi .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State Of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance: For the Petitioner : Mr. Basant Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Dilip Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 02/ 19.09.2012 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner being mother-in-law of the deceased is in jail custody since 23.6.2012 in a case registered under [STATUTE] . No doubt, one ligature mark has been found on the neck of the deceased in course of post mortem examination but submission on behalf of the petitioner is that the deceased wanted to go at service place of her husband but husband of the deceased was not ready and on account of the aforesaid reason, an altercation took place between husband and wife and after that the deceased committed suicide. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Dewanti Devi, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in Amnour P.S. Case no. 71/2012. 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.